the clerk: nomination, united states agency for international development, isobel coleman of new york to be deputy administrator. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 59. the nays are 39. 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. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, today is the one-year anniversary of an election that was judged the most secure in the history of america. let me say that again. the election that ended november 3, 2020, one year ago was judged the most secure in american history. that's not my opinion. that's the official conclusion under the trump administration of his department of homeland security which coordinates with the nation's top cybersecurity and voting infrastructure experts

asht development, isobel coleman of new york to be a deputy administrator. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: mr. president, i'd ask consent to speak for five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: thanks, mr. president. i am coming to the floor to talk about a nominee that we have before us this afternoon who is nominated by president biden to be the deputy under secretary of the treasury for legislative affairs. he's a person who is well known to this chamber. he spent roughly 20 years working in the senate. he started out as senator paul sarbanes' body man years and years and years ago and became chief of staff for senator sarbanes when senator sarbanes was the chair of the banking committee. worked in the house for representative sarbanes. was chief counsel to senator warner. and then came to my office and was my chief of staff. his name is jon davidson. he worked for the people of colorado and for the country for about ten years in that role. when he was appointed to that, or when he came ove