en bloc number 2. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: as the member designated by mr. o'halleran, i inform the house that mr. o'halleran will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. conway of california and mr. la turner of kansas, -- mr. laturner of kansas, i inform the house that they will vote yea on en bloc number 2. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. cherfilus-mccormick, i inform the house that mrs. cherfilus-mccormick will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc number 2. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yes on en bloc number 2. the speak

brooks will vote no on the en bloc.he speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by miss haley stevens, i inform the house that ms. stevens will vote yes on the functions suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. tiffany, i inform the house mr. tiffany will vote no on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. cherfilus-mccormick, i inform the house that she will vote yes on the suspension en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: as the member designated by mrs. beatty and ms. pressley, these two members will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognitio

dunn will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. paul gosar of arizona, i inform the house that he will vote nay on suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 3880, the nays are 46, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, a the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone to suspend the rules and pass s.4052. the clerk will report the -- on which the yeas and nays are ordered the clerk will report the title. >> senate 4052 an act to re-authorize a program for early detection, treatment regarding deaf and hard of hearing newborns and children and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by ele

the nominations are confirmed en bloc. and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. notified of all confirmations. and the motions to reconsider are made and laid on the table. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will proceed to legislative session. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. a senator: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. a senator: i ask unanimous consent that the homeland security and government affairs committee be discharged and the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc, s. 4411, h.r. 203 and the rest of them are all h. r.'s. 2472, 2473, 4622, 4899, 5794, 6080, 6267, 6917, 7518, 8025, 8203 and 9308. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measures en bloc? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent that the bills en bloc be considered read a third time and passed and tha

the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr.: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 5357, which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 5357, a bill to provide compensation for victims of libyan state sponsored terrorism. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask that the bill be considered and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the commerce committee be discharged from your further consideration and the senate proceed to s. res. 785. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 785, designating october 30, 2022, as a national day of remembrance for the workers of the nuclear weapons program of the united states. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged, and the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent, resolution be agreed to,

the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session and the senate environment and public work committee be discharged from further consideration of p.n.2402 and 2249, that the senate proceed to their nomination en bloc, consideration and vote without intervening action or debate, that if confirmed, the motion to be considered be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the nomination en bloc. all in all those in favor say eye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. schumer: madam president, i have nine requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted.

the rule provides the majority leader or his designee the ability this week to en bloc requested roll call votes on suspensions. the rule also provides that roll call votes on suspension bills considered on december 5 may be postponed through december 8. lastly, the rule provides same day authority for any rule reported through the remainder of the 117th congress. mr. speaker, today we will consider two bills to reform our immigration system. our current laws that govern employment-based and family-sponsored immigration visas, desperately need updates. estimates suggest more than 880,000 people are in the green card backlog because of how broken our system is. h.r. 3648, the equal access to green cards for legal employment, or eagle act, of 2022 begins to address the extensive green card backlog. the legislation eliminates per country caps on employment-based visas and raises per country caps on family based visas to 15%. the other bill is h.r. 7946, the veterans service recognition act. improves the naturalization for noncitizens who served in our country's military. it seems straigh

the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor say aye. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: >> here's what's happening today on capitol hill. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, is visiting washington, d.c. and will be addressing a joint meeting of congress at 7:30 eastern time. we'll have live coverage of his visit and remarks to congress on the c-span networks. today lawmakers confirmed lynn tracy to be the next u.s. ambassador to russia, the first woman observe in the role. law makers working on funding the government through september 30 next year while facing friday's deadline to avert a government shutdown. in the house, work on several bills including awarding congressional gold medaling to emmett till and his mother who was lynched in 1955. he was 14 years old. also in the house a measure

the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr.nt, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 8:00 a.m. thursday, december 22. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to consider executive calendar 781, franklin parker to be assistant secretary of the navy, and that at senate vote on the confirmation of the parker nomination as provided under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: if there is to further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate is adjourned until welcome everybody to the cato institute. i'm ian vasquez, vice president for international studies. here it is easy,

the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. heinrich: mr.president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if paid by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. heinrich: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 7939 which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 7939, an act to make permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the secretary of veterans affairs and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. heinrich: i ask unanimous consent that the moran substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. heinrich: i ask unanimous consent that the j

on the secretary's desk in the coast guard and foreign service, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nomination -- calendar 1201, shalen pbaht to be administrator of the federal highway administration. the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of transportation, shalen p. ba of michigan to be administrator. the presiding officer: question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to

let's face pretty much vote en bloc for whoever the next labour leader is going to be.cond jobs. again, it's a great soundee jobs. again, it's a great soundbite , right? but you could soundbite, right? but you could argue that nmps benefit from having a second job and being outside those ivory towers of westminster for a short time. getting outside of that westminster bubble . and of westminster bubble. and of course, there are some careers , course, there are some careers, for instance, just plucking one out of thin air. if you're a doctor, you need to carry on in medical in order to be taught to maintain your accreditation , to maintain your accreditation, to be able to potentially practise once you may be booted of office. so again i don't think it's a lovely sound . it sounds it's a lovely sound. it sounds fantastic , but good sound bites fantastic, but good sound bites , terrible policy . well, thank , terrible policy. well, thank you . susan evans there, taking you. susan evans there, taking everything that keir starmer and gordon brown said this morning screwing

the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. king: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider executive calendar 1301, martin jay gruenberg to be a member of the board of directors for the federal deposit insurance corps for a term of six years. further, that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination. further, that if the nomination is confirmed, the senate consider the following nominations en bloc. calendar numbers 1298, 1299, 1300, 1302, 1297, that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate, that if the nominations are confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding

en bloc. ms. hassan: 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. ms. hassan: i have two requests for committees to meet, they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. ms. hassan: now, madam president, i understand that the chair has an announcement to make. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate a communication regarding the recognition of senator sasse. without objection, the letter will be printed in the record and spread upon the journal. ms. hassan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 546, h.r. 7077. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 546, h.r. 7077, an act to require the united states fire administration to conduct onsigh

proo the following amendments will be called en bloc and reported by number. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, proposes amendments en bloc 6561, 6555, 6559, 66 6621, 6563, 6576, 6577, 6569, 6588, 6596, 6595, 6597, 6607, 6617. mr. schumer: i note the absence of a quorum, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: the senate will proceed to the consideration of s. 355. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from florida, mr. scott, introduceses a bill -- introduces -- 5355, making emergency supplement appropriations for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes. mr. scott: mr. president. the presiding officer: there's now two minutes of debate equally divided. mr. scott: immediately after hurricane ian passed, i promised to get the floridians, the assistance they needed. i urged my colleagues to get much-needed aid to florida families. immediately after the aid, floridi

the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measures en bloc?ithout objection, the senate will proceed. mr. kelly: i ask unanimous consent that the bills en bloc be considered read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kelly: i ask the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany s. 1466. the presiding officer: the chair leaves before the senate the following message from the house. the clerk: resolved that the bill from the senate s. 1466, entitled an act to authorize the director of the united states geological survey to establish a regional program, so forth and for other purposes, do pass with an amendment. mr. kelly: i move to concur in the house amendment and ask unanimous consent that the motion be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kelly: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on veterans affairs be if discharged an