president, i am proud to describe my southeast portland neighbor jennifer sung as a talented, committed individual who will be a great asset on the bench. she is going to be a superb judge. i urge all my colleagues to support general fur sung -- jennifer sung when we vote soon on president biden's nomination of oregonian jennifer sung to serve on the u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. mr. president, i yield the floor. and i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. lee: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, the senate today will pass a bill that quite literally gives a blank check to president biden and the democrats. they'll use it to pass the destroy america bill, which they call build back better. there's literally a blank check in the bill. it's literally a blank check. the senators who gave that blank check don't want you to know that they did it. they used procedural jujitsu to

nominees as well including samantha elliott to serve as judge for the district of new hampshire and jennifer sung circuit judge for the ninth circuit. once we confirm all three judges, koh, elliott and sung, the senate will have confirmed a total of 31 judges to the federal bench, 11 to the circuit courts, 20 to the district courts. i'm proud to say, madam president, over half of them are women. over half of them are people of color. all of them are outstanding, highly-qualified and they bring sorely needed diversity to the bench. not just personal diversity, but professional diversity as well. decades past it would have been hard imagining mg -- many of these nominees getting a serious look in this chamber but one by one senate democrats are working with president biden to is expand the possibilities of who can and who should serve as a judge in this country, and we will keep working. now on other senate business, in build back better, in addition to making progress on nominees, the senate has been doing the hard work of putting ourselves in position to finish our other high-level priorities for

the clerk: judiciary, jennifer sung, of oregon, to be united states district journal for the ninth circuit. mr. schumer: i have a statement statement -- mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i'd just like to speak about the vote we had, the first vote. i'm really pleased that this chamber has just passed legislation setting up a fast-track process for debt ceiling legislation, no brinksmanship, no default on the debt, no risk of another recession, responsible governing won the day. this is now headed to the president's desk. i want to be clear. this is about paying paying debt accumulated by both parties so i'm pleased we were able to facilitate a process with the support of both parties that avoids a needless default and cuts to medicare. this was a bipartisan process and i hope there can be more. and i want to thank leader mcconnell for working with us in good faith to get to this point. we started this month with a daunting to-do list, but we have made significant progress and on track to get the work done. to repeat, we did this with no

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, jennifer sung of oregon to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. mr. schumer: i sent a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 533, jennifer sung of oregon to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 1576. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appea

jennifer sung of oregon to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit.the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question is on the nomination. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 49. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the unfinished business. the clerk: the judiciary, samantha d. elliott of new hampshire to be united states district judge for the district of new hampshire. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: mr. president, i rise today to seek unanimous consent to confirm amanda howe to be the next assistant administrator for administration support at the environ

and as soon as today we also hope to vote on the confirmation of ever in-- jennifer sung. the senate invoked cloture on ms. sung last week and i want to say a few words in support of this nominee. she has proven herself to be an exceptional and impartial adjudicator, an advocate for working americans and i'm confident she'll be an excellent judge who adds to the diversity of the ninth circuit. a graduate of yale law school, ms. sung's first experience with the ninth circuit came while she served as a clerk for judge betty fletcher before embarking on a career this private practice focused on employment and labor law. for over a decade, she regularly represented low-income workers, minority workers, underserved employers. as a member of the equal employment opportunity commission, she struck a balance between the rights of working americans while applying the law without prejudice. if confirmed, ms. sung would be one of the very few asian americans to sit on the federal judiciary. along with ms. elliott, she would be the 31st judge that the senate democratic majority has co