buescher of nebraska to be united states district judge for the district of nebraska. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of brian c. buescher of nebraska to be united states district judge for the district of nebraska shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators voted? any senator wish to change this vote? the yeas are 52. the nays are 39. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, brian c. buescher of nebraska to be united states district judge for the district of nebraska. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i have 12 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have been approved by the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. cornyn: mr. president, earlier this week the a

for emt sarah buescher, it does not feel like work. >> i have been working here for about a year and >> reporter: as far as she can remember, this is the career she has always wanted. >> reporter: little things that kids will fill out, like in first grade, what you want to be when you grow up? every single one of them has been a paramedic and firefighter. >> reporter: she says that dream may have been born south city firefighters responded to a 911 call. she was just four years old. >> it was probably about 12 hours. >> reporter: catherine was on both of those calls. >> about a euro to afterwards, i go to kindergarten, a common tour the fire station with a girl scout group. while i am touring, they should as the ambulance, and as this if anyone thought about riding in a rules. >> is in it was an answer, a light bulb went on. i looked over and recognize sarah and her mom. i was like oh yeah, okay. i would never. >> will put two and two together. it turns out i was in school with his son joey. >> reporter: over the next 15 years or so, these two families would grow closer. both joey an

buescher, of nebraska, to be united states district judge for the district of nebraska. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: change -- the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to change their vote? the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. mr. merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, i ask that my fellow dan basetta has privileges of the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. mr.

candidates don't see this storm cloud on the horizon, this past week the senate confirmed brian buescherbe a district court judge and every single democratic senator voted against him and kamala harris and others, members of the senate judiciary committee on the democratic side essentially said in so many words that he was disqualified because he was a faithful roman catholic who was a member of the knights of columbus and not a single democratic presidential candidatelu has condemned the anticatholic bigotry. six decades ago john f. kennedy said and i quote "i do not believe that i lost my chance to be president of the united states on the day i was baptized." today in the modern democratic party, your disqualified from being a federal judge if you're a faithful christian. >> laura: they have a big problem with voters of faith sara, we were talking during the break about this. the democrats are trying to kind of steel the moral high ground from trump, saying a bunchch of marriages, billy bush tapes. they are going to go back to that and sayly but we are goingo save the climate. >> i thi

disposition of the dickson nomination the senate vote on the cloture motions for the berger and the buescher. if cloture is invoked the senate vote at 3:00 p.m. and if any of the nominations are confirmed the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. cornyn: madam president, i further ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to s. res. 265. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 265, designating july 27, 2019 as national day of the american cowboy. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that the re

buescher will be one of them. he is a well-qualified nominee and a man who possesses high ethical standards. i have no doubt that brian will honor his family, our state, and our nation with his service on the united states district court for the district of nebraska. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote in favor of his nomination. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. cotton: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: i ask unanimous consent to end the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the berger nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. william williams berger -- wendy williams berger of florida to be united states district judge for the middle district of florida. the presiding officer: the motion occurs on the nomination. the question occurs on the nomination. mr. cot

buescher would be an impartial judge. now despite his objective qualifications and all of this praise, our senate democratic colleagues were not satisfied. here was the bombshell that offended some of our colleagues with respect to this nominee. listen to this, madam president. the nominee is a practicing catholic. my goodness! imagine that, madam president. in the united states of america, a person of faith serving in government? really? in particular, some of our democrat colleagues raked him over the coals in committee for his membership in the knights of columbus. shocking! -- shocking that a nominee for federal district court would be a member of the knights of columbus? of course, we all know the knights, the noted worldwide extremist sect of catholics that is about two million men strong money for their love of the kathic faith and for hosting bar beus could and pancake -- barbeques and pancake breakfasts. outrageous. i can't believe i need to repeat it here in the u.s. capitol, but there's nothing about living out