hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. & mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- alsobrooks, baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, blunt rochester, booker, cantwell, fetterman, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kim, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, schiff

hickenlooper: youth apprenticeships. my last six years as governor that is what i spend my time on. 65 percent-70% of our kids won't get a four year degree. and we have done a poor job of getting them the tools to acquire the skills necessary to have the american dream. are there ways that we can look at to expand youth enip pgrams? not just 18 and over. 16-year-olds, 17-year-old, 18-year-old kids that want to work at an accounting firm or in advanced manufacturing, a hospital, whatever. how can you see is expanding that through your tenure at the department of education? sen. hawley: -- ms. chavez-deremer: i think we can certainly agree, and you heard the conversation. speaking to even our youngest, junior high, middle school kids all the way to high school. i want to work with your office and if confirmed get to the department of labor, expand and explore what can be done. if i can work with your office specifically on this, and get to know it a little better, i want to have the conversation. sen. hickenlooper: i will

chair cassidy: senator hickenlooper. sen. hickenlooper: thank you, chair. thank you mrs. mcmahon for your public service, and for coming back and going through this again. i thought when you're talking to senator blunt rochester that the comet that bullying should not happen anywhere is true. it shouldn't happen in schools, it shouldn't happen in the homes, it shouldn't happen in government. i am not going to go over what i agree that you've covered, anti-semitism and clarity around that. i want to talk a little about history, the teaching of history. i used to talk about topo feeling, meaning love a place. i believe that it's a basic building block of economic development, people's affection for a place. that affection comes largely through the teaching of the history of that part of your state or county, however it is broken down. i think that teaching every part of our history is important. colorado, some of the worst parts of our history, a republican governor, one of the few western governors putting large detention facilities together for japanese-americans during w

hickenlooper: youth apprenticeships. my last six years as governor that is what i spend my time on. 65 percent-70% of our kids won't get a four year degree. and we have done a poor job of getting them the tools to acquire the skills necessary to have the american dream. are there ways that we can look at to expand youth apprenticeship programs? not just 18 and over. 16-year-olds, 17-year-old, 18-year-old kids that want to work at an accounting firm or in advanced manufacturing, a hospital, whatever. how can you see is expanding that through your tenure at the department of education? sen. hawley: -- ms. chavez-deremer: i think we can certainly agree, and you heard the conversation. speaking to even our youngest, junior high, middle school kids all the way to high school. i want to work with your office and if confirmed get to the department of labor, expand and explore what can be done. if i can work with your office specifically on this, and get to know it a little better, i want to have the conversation. sen. hickenloo

hickenlooper: i'll do that. dr. baylis: we also are involved with the army research laboratory who we've been commissioned through. we have an a.r.l. fellow -- i'm sorry, a smart hub fellow program where we place students at the lab working with some of our brightest minds in the laboratory and working with each other so that they can build cross disciplinary expertise in spectrum and we're expanding that to some other agencies now also. so we're definitely -- that is a big part of bringing in the new adaptive and reconfigurable paradigm. thank you. sen. hickenlooper: i appreciate that. i'm kind of out of time. mr. clarke, i just -- i'll leave this, you can answer very, very concisely. this partnership between the federal government and the auctions around how spectrum gets divvied up. how do you look when you're evaluating spectrum use for federal emission, how important is it for the agencies to have a meaningful and collaborative role in that feasibility study? mr. clark: it's really important because the physics

cassidy: senator hickenlooper. sen. hickenlooper: i appreciate this preyed i grew up in a time back in the 60's at the height of the cold war there was a continuing cartoon series in mad magazine where was spy versus spy and there was a white spy and a black spy and they were constantly doing tricks with each other in a comical competition. we are way beyond that. and when i was -- i got a masters in earth and environmental science, i had a number of foreign students within our program. it was embryonic in the sense of how much they added from the educational system to the things we did not emphasize or did not understand as well. and vice versa. i got a great appreciation for that. taught field geology for a year in costa rica while i was still a graduate student and saw the culture called. it is incredibly powerful. i look at the number of our largest companies that have been started by immigrants. the amazing innovations and breakthroughs which have came from people that came to this country because they wanted to li

hickenlooper: mr. president, the united states is producing more energy right now than any country in the history of the world. we're in the middle of an energy revolution. we got here by embracing an all of the above approach to energy including solar, wind and geothermal to keep prices as low as possible for working people. most of the energy that's ready to go today is clean and affordable. any action that blocks the rollout of that will raise prices for working americans, kill jobs and seek complete control of emerging industries of china. in the last few years we passed bills that make historic investments in american-made energy. these bills created more than 400,000 good-paying jobs and yet there's an effort by this administration to trash the progress we've made. these actions will balloon energy bills for families, at least h 240 bucks a year for working families at a time when they are struggling to buy eggs at the grocery as inflation begins to rise again. rather than limiting energy or firi

hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. mrs. moody, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. schiff, no. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. marshall, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. mr. padilla: no. ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: ms. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 53. the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of health and human services, robert f. kennedy jr. of california to be secretary. m

hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. mr. blumenthal, no. vote: vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: we have 51 yeas. 47 nays. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, kash patel of nevada to be director of the federal bureau of investigation. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. mcconnell: i've never liked calling too much attention to today's date, february 20. but i figured my birthday would be as good a day as any to share with our colleagues a decision i made last year. during my time in the senate, i've only really answered to two constituencies. the republican conference and the people of kentucky. over the years the first group trusted me to coordinate cam campaigns, to count votes, to steer committees, to take the majority and on nine occasions to lead our conference. serving as a r

hickenlooper: fair enough. thank you. >> this concludes our hearing. you did very well. thank you. [applause] to your parents, husband, and children i know you are incredibly proud. ms. chavez-deremer: my mom and dad, my daughter, my parents. sen. cassidy: for any senator that wishes to ask additional questions, questions for the record are due tomorrow at 5:00 p.m.. we can to the hearing. thank you. ms. chavez-deremer: thank you. x live to the health and human services department headquarters in washington, d.c. where chris van hollen of medicare and others are protesting the trump administration's attempt to cut the administration workforce and funding. sen. van hollen: these are the people fighting the viruses that threaten the american people. they are fighting the bird flu that is starting to be out of control across the country. -- rep. raskin: but fascism is a virus too. fascism is a virus too. the people out here fighting in subfreezing temperatures are the antibodies. we are the antibodies. my friends, they are rarely a day keeps the fascist away. we are going to spread th

i think i talked about that with senator hickenlooper as well. knowing there are programs that will skill the workforce in those rural communities. for instance, in oregon, one of the hubs i mentioned to you and senator hickenlooper was it is a real direct -- it is not an apprenticeship program, until we can fortify or work towards possibly -- what that looks like in other parts of certain industries, we talk about the health care industry specifically, it is working with our community colleges and local technical colleges to have those certificates so we have that workforce in those communities. when we take that information from our businesses and we back into degrees for our students in order to do that. i look forward to working on a bipartisan level to really fortify those apprenticeship programs so we can have that skilled workforce. sen. hassan: i would look forward to working on a bipartisan way on that. one of the things we can do is to pass the bipartisan reauthorization of the workforce innovation and opportunity act that we agreed to

elon musk here, for example, are colorado residents turning up at the offices of democrats john hickenlooper and michael bennet, telling them, number one, vote no on all trump cabinet appointments. number two, deny unanimous consent to slow down the senate. number three publicly oppose musk's dismantling of the executive branch, pushing these democratic senators to push harder, to fight harder. that said, i said they're being tough. they did also bring cookies. here's virginia residents turning up at senator mark warner's office telling him, fight back, fight back, senator warner, fight harder. here's georgia residents turning up at jon ossoff's office in georgia, telling him, ossoff, fight back. here's new jersey residents at senator cory booker's office telling him, senator booker, the time to fight is now. fight like hell. here's california voters at the office of senator alex padilla. block. delay, obstruct. no excuses. here's hawaii voters at the offices of their senators, brian schatz and mazie hirono. senate democrats blanket opposition. what's happening right now in politics and poli

hickenlooper: got it. i won't go through the tech hubs things because i know senator curtis was adamant they had perhaps the best tech hub in the mountain west but elevate quantum includes several rocky mountains states and we want to make sure you come out. don't just visit to utah. it's lovely, but the skiing isn't quite the same as colorado's. >> i spent a lot of work on critical minerals. obviously, they are a fundamental building block for aerospace and clean energy, semiconductors, ai, go down the list. when you are talking about the extraction of minerals or the processing of those minerals, we are falling way behind. the trade administration has responsibility for kind of growing our exports, overseeing trade and really helping to secure supply chains, central supply chains for these critical minerals. how would you work to ensure that we have sufficient sourcing and processing capabilities in this country? >> we have to reduce the regulatory burdens so that they can mine those critical materials f

hickenlooper. >> pursuant to rule 12. no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. >> mr. hirono. >> pursuant to rule. >> 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. >> today's protest came after 30 straight hours of debate over the vote, where democrats occupied the floor, spoke out continuously and angrily about the dangers posed to the constitutional order by votes confirmation. >> russ vogt wrote. >> project 2025 and now donald trump is rewarding him by inviting him into the government in order to carry out the republican blueprint to make our government force. people to live in the image that russ vogt and other extremist republicans approve of. >> he's the last. person who should be put in a. >> job at. >> the heart of the operation. >> of our government. >> behind every one of these budget lines are people. people who will be. hurt if the president and mr. vogt get. >> their way. >> and cut off federal grants. >> vogt has shown complete. disregard for democratic institutions. >> he is donald trump's most dange

hickenlooper for that sharing of the time. i will first start out by acknowledging that today here with us our representatives from the delaware state education association. i want to thank them and all of their members for being here in washington, but more important for what they do for the students and families in delaware. i also want to thank you, miss mcmahon, for meeting with me and talking about a myriad of issues. i especially appreciate your candor in our meeting. as i'm sitting here watching the passion of the participants, of the members, it is clear education is so important to this country. and i'm clear i'd about the challenges we face in accomplishing the goal of ensuring all students are able to be prioritized. i shared my concerns about the call to abolish the department. i'm particularly concerned as a former cabinet secretary myself, cabinet secretary's do have the influence, the power, the responsibility to share what is good, what is bad, what is wrong. i understand waiting until you get into a position t

hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr.kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. plan is to help the wealthy get wealthier tax giveaways families paying the bill. how massive giveaways going to be paid for? slashing services to families and families try to get on their feet so they can thrive and get to the middle-class. great betrayal. today we will consider russell the office of management and the budget really the place for this campaign is coordinated. we will hear very different ideas have to take our country forward. from my friends across the aisle will hear we need to continue to give massive tax giveaways to the wealthiest americ

hickenlooper: thank you. i appreciate what the good senator from illinois has gone through and enunciated in great clarity. our government plays a critical role in informing the public, the american people look to us for trust. they look to us for guidance during the roughest points of our history. and they look to us for factual, accurate information so they can have the freedom to raise their families without fear and anxiety. that trust is broken when partisan officials use their platforms to spread reckless and damaging information. they attempt to overwhelm americans with views that push anti-science narratives or foreign propaganda, often that threatens our national security. you can't go on to social media anymore without running into a fake headline or some hyperbolic claim with no source. i mean, for so many people, the more you see, the more you believe, and this leaves americans dazed and

hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted.. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. is it not true that you're supposed to question sciences anybody, question of fact but that's not true? share the numbers again about autism where they Ãà >> there weren't a lot of studies but really the only studies out there, one shows a rate of about one in 10,000 another one at 1500. there are other estimates in between. today it is one in every 36 kids according to cdc. i want to say one other thing. relevant to the point you just made, in 1963 my uncle awarded john f. kennedy the highest civilian honor to frances kelsey. kansas kelsey was a young scientist at nih who came in and objected to the panel having approved solidified for american children. all the scientists in that day and the scientist panels who work for the agency approved à Ãshe stood up and screamed and fought and risked her job and reputation and blocked it in our country three years later everybody knew to recognize she was a hero and a ÃÃwe were not getting the diabolical deformities

hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr.elly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar. serving america's small businesses, no stronger advocate than our president. actually our commitment if confirmed i will work tirelessly to make small business again. i want to thank my wonderful husband jeff and my wonderful friends who have joined us here today most importantly i gave all thanks and glory to god. as someone who has meant my life working in small businesses, starting them, growing them and helping them succeed, i know that small business is big business for america. they comprise 99% of small businesses, 2 out of 3 new jobs. they are the opportunity and innovation engines that drive prosperity and growth and they power the american economy as much as they power the american dream and president trump make historic strides driving small business formation, blue- collar boom and agenda created 7 million new jobs. his first term accomplishments were so great that following the 2024 election small business

hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, cornyn, crapo, graham, mullin, risch, rounds, and tuberville. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, gallego, lujan, markey, schumer, and wyden. vote: the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. moreno, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. heinrich,

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 the budget resolution. so what's happened here is that the budget committee reported out senate concurrent resolution 7 that will allow thr

hickenlooper: but i take the floor today to urge my colleagues to vote no on president trump's nominee to the office of budget and management, russell vought. some remember mr. vought from when he served as the head of the same agency during trump's -- president trump's first term. he is one of very few repeat appointments, clearly a reflection of his loyalty. you may also know him for his leadership, his authoring of project 2025, that far-right agenda, that the president during the campaign swore up and down that he had no idea about. and i would leave it at that although i think he understood many discussions, perhaps, outlieped the -- outlined the framework. project 2025 would get our long-standing and globally admired framework of checks and balances, it would gut them. it would ensure civil servants will be hired and fired on the basis of political loyalty, something that this country has struggled for many decades to get rid of. it would truly weaponize our system of justice, again something that almost everyone works towards keeping nonpartisan. it lays out in detail a plan to

hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. 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 th

hickenlooper. ms. hirono. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. thank you j.d. and the vice president for that kind introduction. deeply appreciate our friendship and that you were able to join you today. i'm profoundly grateful to president trump and the confidence he's placed in me. to honor to stand here before you as your nominee for the secretary of commerce. my family is here with me today and i like to introduce you to my wife allison behind me who for 30 years has been my great partner adviser and a spectacular mother to our wonderful children my eldest son kyle behind me brandon, casey and ryan. extraordinary sister eydie is also here as well as allison's brother rick and my sister-in-law abby and many of my closest friends who chose to come down to support me. i grew up on long island new york and my mother was an artist and art teacher my father was a professor of american history. my mother gene taught me how to appreciate life. when i was 14 sh