. >> senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: thank you. let me stay with this issue on the fabs. and i had looked at your notice of funding opportunity when you were talking about we could have as man tampa bays as we want ant and how to move forward with this on the supply chain. my question for you is looking at the investment tax credit and should congress look at harmonizing the investment tax credit in 48-d to align with the program that you are running to ensure this law allows for manufacturing for the facilities that you claim are going to be necessary and for being able to reshore much of that activity and then how are you working with secretary yellen on this? sec. raimondo: i'll leave it to congress to decide if and how you want to amend the legislation. the legislation is currently drafted -- crafted, has a tax credit being more restrictive than the grant. so it's intended by statute that the tax credit is more restrictive than the grant program. sen. blackburn: my question is should we harmonize that? sec. raimondo: i have to think about that to be very honest. sen.

blackburn, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 51, the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of labor, jessica looman of minnesota for administrator of the wage and hour division. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, h.r. 5860 was the continuing resolution signed into law on september 30. it narrowly averted an extremist-led government shutdown. that act included $16 billion in disaster relief for states like florida, vermont, new york, pennsylvania, hawaii, louisiana, and other

we bring in senator marsha blackburn of tennessee. senator blackburn, thank you, ma'am.llion this year. the other years are out of control. here's the thing, i know this story is bad enough, you have commented on it many, many times, but, but, but, there are potential terrorists in here and also, senator blackburn, as you know, there are a lot of chinese nationalists coming into this country. this is one unprotected border. boy, there is part of the war. >> well, you're exactly right, larry, and you gave the numbers for 2023. so far in the month of october, which is the first year of fiscal year 24 we had 30 iranians, 35 pakistanis. we had over 100 russians and we had 2000 chinese that came into the country. now in 2023 we had people from 180 different countries. we have had 250 something known terrorists that have been apprehended at the southern border. we know there are thousands of people that are termed, a person of interest, that has, they have come in, they have claimed asylum. they have been released into the country. this is a really bad soup in the making and i

senator blackburn welcome. >> sure.e been talking a little bit but this business about palestinian humanitarian aid run by hamas, donald trump put an end to this. it resurfaces for a billion dollars and i fear, senator, and you're ringing the bell on this thankfully, that this meeting between biden and netanyahu, biden will demand quote, more and more humanitarian assistance to palestine which means hamas. >> that's right. you know that is what we have found out, whether it is the u.n. relief and work agency for palestinian refugees or any other entities involved with aid hamas is getting the money. we know from the relief agency that they have, that $730 billion that has gone in there. this agency has hired hamas affiliated individuals. we know hamas has stolen that money. we know that they have hidden weaponry in the facilities of this agency that are located there in gaza. so letting them have access to these funds is not a smart thing to do and, we know that one of the things i've got in my resolution, larry, is we

blackburn, proposes numbered 1339 to amendment numbered 1092. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. all in favor say aye. all opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. budd: i call up my amendment numbered 1243 and ask it be reported are. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from south carolina, mr. budd, proposes amendment numbered 439 to amendment -- mr. budd: i ask for up to ten minutes of debate equally divided before the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. budd: mr. president, on this -- his 47th days president, the president directed the head of every federal agency to submit to plan to promote voter registration and participation. the problem is the order mandates that all federal agencies partner with approved third-party organizations to provide these services on federal agency property across the nation. the presiding of

i appreciate senator blackburn, her good work, our colleagues. the administration at least is backing away from that ill advised move and we need to make that, codify that, put that into law. so there will be an attempt to do that, to get unanimous consent to permanently freeze that $6.6 billion that was going to be made available to iran, and i hope that our colleagues on both sides of the aisle will step up and do the right thing and send a clear, unequivocal message not only of support for israel but that we as a nation will stand up to the world's largest state sponsor of terror. and that is iran. thank you, marsha, for your leadership. >> six weeks ago i was in jerusalem meeting with prime minister netanyahu. probably the last senator that met with him prior to attacks of october 7th from hamas. while i was on that visit, i went up to the border of lebanon to see the hezbollah terror tunnels. many of us saw the hamas terror tunnels in gaza over the years, but the hezbollah tunnels dug over several years, inside the tunnels, spray painted on

. >> senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: thank you. let me stay with this issue on the fabs. and i had looked at your notice of funding opportunity when you were talking about we could have as man tampa bays as we want ant and how to move forward with this on the supply chain. my question for you is looking at the investment tax credit and should congress look at harmonizing the investment tax credit in 48-d to align with the program that you are running to ensure this law allows for manufacturing for the facilities that you claim are going to be necessary and for being able to reshore much of that activity and then how are you working with secretary yellen on this? sec. raimondo: i'll leave it to congress to decide if and how you want to amend the legislation. the legislation is currently drafted -- crafted, has a tax credit being more restrictive than the grant. so it's intended by statute that the tax credit is more restrictive than the grant program. sen. blackburn: my question is should we harmonize that? sec. raimondo: i have to think about that to be very honest. sen.

joining us you no tennessee senator marsha blackburn. senator black -- blackburn, welcome ma'am.e, jake sullivan said this 10 days ago. take a listen, please. >> what we said we want to depressurize, de-escalate, and ultimately integrate the middle east region. the war in yemen is in a 19-month truce. for now iranian attacks against u.s. forces have stopped. our presence in iraq is stable. i emphasize for now because all of that can change and the middle east region is quieter today than it has been in two decades. larry: so senator blackburn, quieter today than in two decades, bang, there is intelligence breakdown. we've been playing footsie with iran and exchange of six billion billion dollars, what are you thinking with this crisis? >> they should know you cannot appease and try to negotiate with terrorists. what they understand is strength and under donald trump they knew they would not get by with this. he cut the funding to palestine. he got out of the iran nuclear deal. they knew that donald trump knew who was our adversary and treated them as such and knew who was our all

blackburn's advocacy is now turning to the latest threat facing the entertainment industry. artificial intelligence. there is no >> revenue stream or compensation for things that are distributed. using ai blackburn joins a bipartisan group of senators to change that. >> their legislation would require individuals and companies to get artist permission before producing or distributing digital look and sound likes of their work. so that's the name image likeness. the voice of an entertainer can be protected. the bill would also allow artists to collect damages from the ai-generated fakes. what it would do is put some guardrails in place, but some open licensing organizations worry efforts like this could end up stifling creativity of a different, you know, new one is the same. catherine styler, the ceo of creative commons, argues not all artists are using ai to imitate others. some folks that we're working with. >> our jen reaching incredible you know, new art because they're using the tools for their own creativity. styler says creator should have a choice over how much ai sy

bird braid center blackburn, good to have you here with us on this very critical saturday.want to say up front we are waiting to hear from president biden. when that happens we'll have to interrupt you but will hold you over to see if you like the comment after that. i want to start were jennifer griffin just left off in her reporting and speaking about how impactful senator turberville's position on any military traveling for abortions and therefore he is against that. for that military to fund at that travel. therefore he is holding up key positions. one being the head of the day beat which as you heard jennifer griffin report how crucial that is. in particular given what is happening today. what is your position? what you think about this? >> arthel, it is so important that we realize these nominations could have been moving forward there was a way forward for that. and senator schumer chose not to take that path. but i am certain that as we return in a week as we get classified briefings on this. and then you will hear us talk about getting israel what they need to defe

blackburn's advocacy is now turning to the latest threat facing the entertainment industry. artificial intelligence. there is no >> revenue stream or compensation for things that are distributed. using ai blackburn joins a bipartisan group of senators to change that. >> their legislation would require individuals and companies to get artist permission before producing or distributing digital look and sound likes of their work. so that's the name image likeness. the voice of an entertainer can be protected. the bill would also allow artists to collect damages from the ai-generated fakes. what it would do is put some guardrails in place, but some open licensing organizations worry efforts like this could end up stifling creativity of a different, you know, new one is the same. catherine styler, the ceo of creative commons, argues not all artists are using ai to imitate others. some folks that we're working with. >> chan reaching incredible you know, new art. >> because they're using the tools for their own creativity. styler says creator should have a choice over how much ai s

blackburn: we can't know.t the funding on it, president biden has put $1 billion into this. we know that hamas has stolen much of that money, we know they have hired hamas affiliates. they are storing weapons and ammunition in the facilities, agency facilities in gaza. we are calling to freeze the $6 billion payment that went to iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism, don't give the money to give to hamas and hezbollah and put the oil sanctions back in place because they are making about one billion dollars a week selling their oil. all of these are things that can be done right now, today, with the president, that could make a decision to support israel and not to take actions that will end up sending money to those that are terrorists or support terrorist organizations. stuart: thank you for joining us on the important subject, appreciate it. adam, thanks for being with us for the hour. still had, brian brenberg on how the american dream of owning a home is fading. former fbi agent on the terror risks

chair cantwell: thank you, senator blackburn. i want to say we really do believe that fentanyl transported at airports is an issue. we will work with senator blackburn and you on that. senator tester. senator tester: thank you, madam chair. i want to thank you for being here today, mr. whitaker, and your willingness to serve the country. the f.a.a. administrator is a very, very important position. particularly if you are sitting on this side of the rostrum because we fly a lot. the job you do impacts us daily. it impacts the american people daily. it's important. workforce is a major problem throughout this country. i don't care what industry. the same is true the folks who do a marvelous job. my question to you is do you have any plans on how we can address that workforce shortage? quite frankly truly is a life and death situation if you have folks who are working too many hours. and they are in a difficult situation. they do a great job. they work hard. there just ain't enough of them. how can we fix it? mr. whitaker: are you r

for the very latest let's bring in bradley blackburn who is live in new york with the very latest. >> reporter: they secretary-general called for the immediate release of israeli hostages. he also said international law must be followed to protect palestinian civilians as israeli airstrikes continue. new horrors or emerging from communities where hamas went on a bloody killing spree. after finally resting that control of the small farming community, israeli security forces say terrorists took brutality to a new level. decapitating children, including babies. >> you see the mother and father and babies, they are in protection rooms. it is a massacre. >> karen who survived the attack along with her husband and baby says she is numb. >> there is no going back from this. >> in gaza on wednesday, unrelenting strikes continue , demolishing entire neighborhoods. israel has cut off the entry of food, water fuel and medicine into the territory, making the situation dire for the more than 2 million palestinians that live there. the u.n. says more than a quarter million people in gaza have fled

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cbs' bradley blackburn is in lewiston. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is an enormous loss for what is a small town here. and even as this community starts to grieve, they are still frozen in fear. authorities are searching for the suspect all across the state into massachusetts and up to canada. at least 80 fbi agents along with coast guard members, atf agents, and local police are involved in the search for suspected gunman robert card. authorities say he's been charged in connection to wednesday's deadly shootings at just in time recreation bowling alley and a bar and grill in lewiston, maine. >> he should be considered armed and dangerous. based on our investigation, we believe this is someone who should not be approached. >> reporter: police say the 40-year-old suspect is an army reservist and expert marksman who was recently hospitalized for mental health issues, including hearing voices. >> got a lot of problems up in his head right now. one of them's schizophrenia. >> reporter: a neighbor said nothing seemed unusual when he saw card two weeks

> header blackburn kuester. >> thank you, mr.airman. i think senator tellis. welcome. we are delighted you all are here. i represent tennessee. and in tennessee we have looked at this issue of copyright and patent infringement for years. and it does not matter if it is auto parts or aftermarket auto parts it does not matter if it is guitars or clothing or shoes. baseballs, inc. pins, those are all items that have come to us and they have been a knocked off by a factory over in china and then that brand name is grabbed and that brand disk counterfeit merchandise is sold under that brand name. mr. shapiro you mentioned how difficult it is to track. and how difficult it is to find these and that due diligence is needing to be done as you crawl the web and try to search out these items. mr. shirt let me come to you. senator tellis was talking about the impact of the inform act. so answer that in a more fulsome way. if we look at shop safe should we wait for the inform act and see how far we are going to get there? because this issue

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blackburn-warner number 1349. and budd number 1243. mr.sident, i further ask unanimous consent that there be up to ten minutes for debate equally divided prior to the vote on amendment number 1296. with all previous provisions remaining in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, for the information of the senate and senators should expect four roll call votes beginning at 2:30 p.m. today. and with that, mr. president, i would ask consent that the vote scheduled for 11:30 this morning begin immediately. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. the clerk: mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr.

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blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. king, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. casey, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye, ms. hirono, aye. mr. lee, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. warn

bradley blackburn, cbs news, new york. >> a spokesperson for the israe defense forces says they will start significant military operations only when they can see civilians have left. >>> earlier today in san francisco, hundreds gathered at the ferry building to protest israel's relentless bombing of gaza. people shouted free palestine while holding signs and the palestinian flag. they protested the fatal consequence of the bombing on women and children. >> 2,000 palestinian civilians have been slaughtered. 600 of them children. there's 2.3 million people in gaza now because most of these people were evicted forcefully from their homeland. this is the, th source of the conflict. >> israel is a state, it's not religion. my judaism is not determined by israel. my judais says i know what genocide looks like, and what's happening in palestine looks like genocide. >> medical supplies for gaza have landed in egypt, but right now egypt can't get in to help. the w.h.o. is pleading with israel to call off their evacuation order for northern gaza, saying that people have n safe place to go. >>>

blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms.the clerk: ms. 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. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. the clerk: ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. the clerk: 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. 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.

blackburn's advocacy is now turning to the latest threat facing the entertainment industry. artificial intelligence. there is no >> revenue stream or compensation for things that are distributed. using ai blackburn joins a bipartisan group of senators to change that. >> their legislation would require individuals and companies to get artist permission before producing or distributing digital look and sound likes of their work. so that's the name image likeness. the voice of an entertainer can be protected. the bill would also allow artists to collect damages from the ai-generated fakes. what it would do is put some guardrails in place, but some open licensing organizations worry efforts like this could end up stifling creativity. should have a different, you know, new one is the same. catherine styler, the ceo of creative commons argues not all artists are using ai to imitate others. some folks that we're working with. >> our jane reaching you know, kind of new art because they're using the tools for creativity. styler says creator should have a choice over how much ai syste

blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. lankford, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. ferment, aye. mr. -- mr. fette

i may. >> senator blackburn? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank senator tillis. welcome. we are delighted that you all are here. i represent tennessee. and in tennessee, we have looked at this issue of copyright and patent infringements for years. and it doesn't matter if it is autoparts or ever aftermarket autoparts. it doesn't matter if it is guitars or clothing or shoes, baseballs, ink pens. those are all items that have come to us, and they have been knocked off by a factory over in china. and then that brand name is grabbed, and that brand, this counterfeit merchandise is sold under that brand name. and mr. shapiro, you've mentioned how difficult it is to track. and how difficult it is to find these. and that due diligence needing to be done as you crawl the web and try to search out these items. let me come to you, mr. schruers. senator tillis was talking about the impact of the informed act. so answer that in a more fulsome way. as we look at shop safe, should we wait for the informed act? and how far are

senator senator blackburn. >> yes, you're right, it's a busy day. there is a lot happening. professor stucke, welcome. we're delighted that you are here from ut and appreciate that you would headache trip. make the trip. so thank you for that. m.d. calder do -- ms. calder, let me come to you. in tennessee we have a lot of people that are moving there, and they're wanting to leave other areas. we even have some minnesotans that have come to tennessee -- >> for the winter. >> that's exactly right. they like our weather a whole lot better. but we know that there's a need to focus on some common sense solutions. and some of us have really done that. what we have found is over 10 million families spend more than half of their income on housing. and, of course, this makes it very difficult for the rest of their budge. budget. so some of us at finance committee have brought forward a bill, the affordable housing credit improvement act, which would expand and strengthen the low income housing tax credit. and that bill would increase a number of credits available to states by 50%. an

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joining us republican senator marsha blackburn. we just lost our connection to senator blackburn. will try to reestablish that and bring you her thoughts with israel's war with hamas in a few moments. jon: chaos erecting israel brings not just a physical toll the mental one as well let's check in with fox's medical contributor doctor marc siegel. so many in israel are saying they are stunned, shocked, appalled at how easily apparently hamas is able to pull off this attack and how the americans felt about the 9/11 attack. >> exactly, israel i don't want to say they got used to all the rocket fire from coming across the southern border but studies have shown a prolonged implication in terms of mental health to begin with. depression, anxiety post pneumatic stress. now you added the key part. i been in israel and i know has a narrow border but you feel reassurance when you see the military and the police and you see a comfort level. the idea that this happened on israeli soil with the border being porous and gives people a lot of discomfort and the shutdown of their homes and their s

joining us republican senator marsha blackburn. we just lost our connection to senator blackburn. will try to reestablish that and bring you her thoughts with israel's war with hamas in a few moments. jon: chaos erecting israel brings not just a physical toll the mental one as well let's check in with fox's medical contributor doctor marc siegel. so many in israel are saying they are stunned, shocked, appalled at how easily apparently hamas is able to pull off this attack and how the americans felt about the 9/11 attack. >> exactly, israel i don't want to say they got used to all the rocket fire from coming across the southern border but studies have shown a prolonged implication in terms of mental health to begin with. depression, anxiety post pneumatic stress. now you added the key part. i been in israel and i know has a narrow border but you feel reassurance when you see the military and the police and you see a comfort level. the idea that this happened on israeli soil with the border being porous and gives people a lot of discomfort and the shutdown of their homes and their s

and next up, we have senator blackburn. then i have a very brief question and then i think we're gonna end things as where there's a conflict with an a i meeting. but we are very focused on this issue right now. >> thank you so much and yes, you're right. it's a busy day. there is a lot happening. professor stuck. welcome. we're delighted that you are here from ut and appreciate that you would make the trip. so, thank you for that. ms calder. let me come to you, you know, in tennessee, we have a lot of people that are moving there and they are wanting to leave other areas. we even have some minnesotans that have come to tennessee to. that's exactly right. they like our weather a whole lot better. there's a need to focus on some common sense solutions and some of us have really done that. what we have found is over 10 million families spend more than half of their income on housing. and of course, this makes it very difficult for the rest of their budget. some of us at finance committee have brought forward a bill, the affor

blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. well much, -- mr. . the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr.arner, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: moran, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: ms. butler, no. mr. hawley, aye. are mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. young, aye. vote:lerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. vance is aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. lee, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. vote: the presiding officer: on this amendment the yeas are 53, the nays are 45. the amendment is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise to discuss an urgent need. the confirmation of two pending united states attorney nominees. u.s. attorneys across the united states represent the department of justice they a

that was cbs news brad blackburn speaking to me from lewiston earlier.nt nhs treatment in england by next summer, regardless of whether doctors continue striking over pay — that's according to new analysis by the health foundation. the charity says that currently, 7.75 million people are waiting for appointments and operations in england. our health editor hugh pym reports. protect the nhs. we are the nhs. strikes in the nhs have dominated health news for much of this year, although junior doctors and consultants are now in talks over resolving their pay dispute. the prime minister has blamed the strike action by the doctors union the bma for keeping waiting lists higher than expected. very nice to see you. but a health think tank says the action explains only a small amount of the increase. and it says the overall waiting list will keep rising till next summer, close to a possible date for the next election, raising doubts about mr sunak�*s pledge to cut the number. the health foundation says even without more strikes, the total will get to around 8 mil

blackburn. at this point i want to make sure ms.marcos or someone else on the panel has an opportunity to answer in complete sentences questions about the 85,000 that were mentioned in "the new york times." what is someone like to take that on for 60 seconds? >> thank you, senator for the opportunity to -- i have full thoughts on that. there are a number of ways that we engage with children once they have been released from our care. one way is the safety and well-being call that is made 30 to 37 days after they have been released. there is no obligation for a child or sponsor to answer this call and there is a number of reasons why they might not want to answer a call from government. we also have a number of other touch points. some of them lighter than others. we have the national call center. that is the call center that is operated a 24 hours a day, seven days a week that takes calls from children, from sponsors, from anyone in the communities that has the concern or a question about an unaccompanied child. so that call center