lee: senator hoeven. sen. hoeven: thank you, mr. chair. one quick item for the record, as you know, i've passed legislation to keep horses in the theodore roosevelt national park. i'm a horse fan, you and your wife are horse fans. i just want to know that you'll commit to the record, to continue to work on that very important issue with me. gov. doug burgum: absolutely. and for the record, people should know that as popular as senator hoeven is in our state, the horses in the national park have even more followers on social media than he does. sen. hoeven: yeah, no question. and then just one final item, and i think you've demonstrated to both sides of the aisle, your absolute willingness to work with everybody to achieve good outcomes, and a good outcome for this country, and that's exactly what we want in somebody that goes into these important positions. and so thank you. thank you to catherine. and then just if there's anything for the record, that you want to add to the record, i would just give you this opportunity before turning thi

chair boozman: senator hoeven? senator hoeven: thank you, mr.. i want to thank you and the ranking member. we are fortunate to have both of you in the role as chairman and ranking member. we have worked on many things in the past together, and i look forward to working with you in the future. we are fortunate in these roles. good to see you again. thanks for coming to visit. you obviously have an awesome family. mrs. rollins: the best. the best. sen. hoeven: thanks for your husband being here, and your kids. and no one will ever love you the way your mom does. that is pretty awesome. mrs. rollins: she is missing an important vote in texas to sit behind me today. really great of her. sen. hoeven: again, fantastic family. it's great. we mention all this talk about a&m. did i mention when we talked that my wife went to ut? mrs. rollins: and i gave my sincerest condolences. [laughter] sen. hoeven: that's kind of fun. i'm wearing my north dakota state university tie today. home of the mighty bison. i know we talked about them, but we do have an incred

senator hoeven: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to express to both you and to the ranking mb that -- member that i think we are fortunate to have both of you in the role as chairman and ranking member. we worked on many things in the past together and i very much look forward to working with you in the future. again, i feel fortunate to have both of you in these roles. welcome. ms. rollins: thank you. senator hoeven: thanks for coming to advice the -- visit at the office. you have an awesome family. ms. rollins: the best. senator hoeven: thanks to your husband being here and your kids. no one will ever love you the way you your mom does. ms. rollins: she's missing an important vote in texas today to sit behind me. really grateful. senator hoeven: it's great. you have a fantastic family. and we mentioned all this talk about a&m. did i tell you when we talked that my wife went to u.t.? ms. rollins: we did and i had my sincerest condolences. senator hoeven: that's kind of fun. i am wearing my north dakota state university tie t

hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. young, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 34. the nomination is confirmed. mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the nome nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the bessent nomination be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of scott bessent, of south carolina, to be secretary the treasury, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of scott bessent, of south carolina, to be secretary of the treasury, shall be brought to a close?

chairman. >> thank you, senator cramer, and also senator hoeven. all right, governor burgum, the rules of the committee quote, any hearing to confirm a presidential nomination, the testimony of nominee should be under oath. accordingly, if you raise your right hand, stand and i'll perform the oath. do you agree that testimony will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing, but the truth. thank you. i'll address three questions addressed to those that come as a nominee before the committee. represent departmental positions and respond to issues of concern to the congress? >> yes. >> are you aware of any personal holdings, investments or interests that could constitute a conflict of interest or create the appearance of such a conflict should you be confirmed and assume the office to which you've been nominated by the president. >> no. >> and are you involved or do you have any assets that are held in a blind trust. >> no, i do not. >> okay. oh, and i'd like you now to introduce your family before you give your opening statement. >> well, good morning

quick senator hoeven? >> interchange demonstrates the kind of high level discussion governor burgum brings to these issues he really will work through these issues applies an analytical approach to problem-solving. i think that's really important for both sides of the aisle for that something people are going to very much appreciate about him. federal law requires on public lands every multiple use riesling in the blm promulgated rules violate that law in my opinion. do you support multiple use on federal lands. i note you do but a way to express it for the record and tell us why it is so important to have multiple uses. not just on the statement across the country. >> thank you. the answer is obviously yes. this is public lands aspects of blm with its recreation opportunity and access whether it's timber or oil, gas and mineral production that supports the local economy and supports our country. that's what this land was put away for the benefit the use of the american people. not every acre of federal la

hoeven. mrs. hyde smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king cop. ms. klobuchar mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. alumnus. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. marino. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of souths. carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. she he. miss slotkin. mrs. smith. mr. thune mr. tillis. mr. turberville. mr. vane. hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> a quorum is present. a quorum is a president present. how to preserve the leadership time is reserve the senate will be in the period of morning businesspe with the senators permitted to speak and they're in for up to 10 minutes each. the majority leader will then calling up. i'm not going to read. [laughter] majority leader. >> not a present

hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. 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. 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. rubio. 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. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. the clerk: mr. young. the vice president: a quorum is present. the vice president: a quorum is present. under the previous order, the leadership is reserved. the senate will be in a period offed morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the majority leader will then begin calling up -- the majority leader.

hoeven: thank you, mr. president. mr.ague from north dakota, senator kevin cramer, to honor the 2024 ncaa fcs national champions, the north dakota state university bison. yes, it is pronounced "bizon". anyone from bison nation, which is the ardent fan base that supports this great program, will tell you that. on monday night, the bison finished another impressive football season by winning their tenth fcs national title. correct, their tenth. the bison broke their own record for the most fcs titles of all time, krug their -- including their wins in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, and now 2024. they have won actually 19, that's just ten since 2011, they've actually won 19 ncaa football championships. the game was on national television, with more than three million people watching, as it neared its exciting conclusion. i had the opportunity last night to talk to president trump about it, and he said right away, he said, you guys have a great team. senator cramer was there as well. i think, as a matter

north dakota senator john hoeven today. farm state republicans worry about kennedy wanting to cut high fructose corn syrup from food. bret? >> bret: concern over the president's firing of 18 inspectors general making for strange bed fellows on capitol hill. >> that's right. pushback from judiciary chairman chuck grassley and the top democrat dick durbin. they have asked the president to explain, quote: immediately why congress was not given a 30-day notice for the removal. they say, quote: the law must be followed now, this is the first major pushback against the president from a g.o.p. member on any issue since he took office. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, thank you. newly confirmed homeland security secretary kristi noem in new york today for the next round of immigration raids. senior officials say ice agents have removed and returned more than 7,000 illegal immigrants in just one week. correspondent alexis mcadams reports tonight from new york. >> get the dirt bags on these streets. >> dhs secr

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 -- banks, barasso, blackburn, budd, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, hagerty, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moreno, mullin, ricketts, rounds, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, tuberville, wicker, and young. ms. hassan, no. mr. blumenthal -- ms. slot

senate republicans downstairs in the same building as they were headed to this vote, senator john hoevenling me that he's confident because he spoke to his conference that despite the no's that we may see out of lisa murkowski, susan collins, and maybe 1 or 2 others, that he thinks that this nomination will go forward earlier, roger wicker, who is the chairman of the senate republican senate armed services committee, that process texas nomination, had also said that he's confident they have the votes. but he did tell jd vance, he says not to go far. chris. >> julie sirkin, i know you'll keep us posted. thank you for that. and coming up, the latest in the trial over an alleged deadly crime spree against gay men in new york city. you're watching chris jansing reports watching chris jansing reports only on msnbc. it ain't my dad's razor, dad. ay watch it! it's from gillettelabs. this green bar releases trapped hairs from my face... gamechanga! ...while the flexdisc contours to it. so the five blades can get virtually every hair in one stroke. for the ultimate gillette shaving experience. th

hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr.cott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. vote: in the confirmation we finished yesterday with intelligence agency john ratcliffe, mark kelly of arizona, democrat on the senate intelligence committee gave director ratcliffe a ringing endorsement director ratcliffe is qualified for the job, serious guy he has the background, he's got confidence will do a good job senator schumer held up confirmation with two solid days. despite the delay the senate overwhelming the confirmed the highly qualified director by 74-2521 democrats voted in favor of the confirmation the two day delay i want every american to know what's happening in the senate the format to left members of the democratic caucus are intentionally delaying the confirmation of president trump national security team is not advice and consent to visit democrats playbook trying to

senator hoeven has been particularly supported along with senator cramer. we don't have enough training centers across the nation for the northern tribes or southern tribes. we need more recruiting. we need lots of other things that are going on. you mentioned first time it's come up but the missing and murdered indigenous women. this is again an unseen tragedy in america. over 6000 unsolved cases and i believe again it is a complete tragedy. it seems we lose a college student at spring break, it's a netflix series and whole nation no surname and we have the same individual tragedy that happened over and over in indian country of people are not even aware that it's going on. we've got to change our entire approach. >> unfortunately in the last four years, thank you again for that come look for to working with you on that, a lot of sensitive history of house side on this. the last four years we learn from -- glen canyon dam has some design flaws that limit its ability to pass water at lower elevations. which means we have to fix that and pretty soon. we need

hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. the presiding officer: mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. the clerk: 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 clerk: mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of pete peter hegseth of tennessee to be secretary of defense shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk w

hoeven: thank you, mr. president. we like south dakota too. they're pretty good guys.d of oklahoma as well. thanks, mr. president. today i join my colleagues in looking forward to january 20, when we can turn the page on the failed border policies of the biden-harris administration, and get back to common sense -- common sense approach to border security under president donald trump. during four years of the biden-harris border policies, our country saw the highest total of illegally alien crossings and the highest monthly illegally crossings, and the highest total of terrorists on the illegal watch list cross our bothered. the biden-harris administration made our country less safe and secure and more vulnerable to threats from abroad. the american people saw beyond the biden-harris administration that the borders were not secure and last november gave a very clear and compelling man days -- mandate -- secure the border. already the new republican senate majority is taking a first step to protect the american people against the consequences against the biden-harris adm

hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. husted. 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. vote: the clerk: 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. >> good to see all of you. it's an honor to be with all of you. a lot of familiar faces, a lot of new faces your president trump is back and the golden age of america has most definitely begun. the senate has confirmed five of president trump's exceptional cabinet nominees. secretary of state marco rubio, defense secret