markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. 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. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, hassan, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, manchin, merkley, ossoff, peters, rosen, shaheen, smith, tester, van hollen, warner, warnock, welch. senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, fischer, grassley, hoeven, kennedy, lankford, mcconnell, menendez, sinema, thune, wicker, young. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. brown,

markey, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. lankford, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding off

markey: i thank you, mr. president. my friend from kentucky is attacking a bipartisan bill with overwhelming support on both sides of the aisle. when i started in the united states congress, one of the main operating principles under which we were able to make progress on big issues and it went back to president kennedy and lyndon johnson and sam rayburn was the austin-boston connection, working together, texas and massachusetts, to make progress where we could. that's what this legislation is today. center cruz -- senator cruz and i agree that we have to ensure that for public safety reasons, that a.m. radio stays in the vehicles that americans drive. as senator cruz said, millions of americans use am radio. not only is the senator from kentucky proposing to strike our bill but also to actively harm american drivers and american workers, and we're going from win-win to lose-lose for american drivers. the electric vehicle tax credit helps people drive cheaper cars while driving american manufacturing. electric vehicle s

we are joined by senator markey. if we would have passed senator markey's bill in the senate that passed the ho us, we would not be in this position today. he has been a leader on climate issues for several decades now and has really been the champion on raising the consciousness that we all have responsibilities for this one globe. i yield the floor. mr. markey: thank you, senator cardin. thank you for your leadership in bringing our delegation to cop 28 and what a delegation with you as the chairman of the senate foreign relations, senator carper, the chairman of environment and public works, senator whitehouse, an historic leader on these issues and even sitting out here on the floor right now, senator wyden who was so instrumental in ensuring that the ira passed and that it had the incentives to unleash a clean energy revolution that had been long overdue in terms of having a response. so we thank you and we thank the young people, the pages who are here today because they are the true leaders of of this movement

early this year, senator markey worked on some other issues, but senator markey and i also led a leader to the f.c.c. chairwoman asking to update guidance along the lines of the f.t.c. reinstating long-held requirements for unwanted telemarketing calls. you also cited evidence that consumer consent for telemarketing is increasingly falsified. automated botz and other artificial intelligence systems are using public data to condition sent on behalf of consumer for calls they never asked for or do not want. how can industry, f.c.c. and f.t.c. update guidance and develop standards to limit the use of automated botz to falsify consent for robocalls? >> thank you, chair lujan. i think on this issue, i think the courts that guidance out there are clear already. you need an actual consumer's consent. if it's falsified, it's not consent. i think those are clear. if there's any ambiguity i'm happy to work with you and your staff on removing that ambiguity. >> i appreciate that very much. ms. fisher, the floor is yours for questions. >> thank you, chairman lujan. to begin with i'd like to ask una

markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. 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. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, bennet, blackburn, budd, butler, cantwell, capito, cardin, collins, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, fischer, graham, grassley, hassan, hyde-smith, kaine, kennedy, lummis, mullin, murkowski, murray, ossoff, rubio, schumer, shaheen, sinema, thune, whitehouse, and wicker. senators voting in the negative, markey, merkley, sullivan, warren and wyden. mr. murphy, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr

markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. 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. mr. young. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, brown, heinrich, klobuchar, murray, reed, rosen, schumer, van hollen, warnock -- senators voting in the negative -- nraing, hawley -- hagerty, hawley, vance, risch, young. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. britt, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. padilla, aisle. -- mr. padilla, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, no.

. >> after reaching out to the offices of congressman steve lynch and senator ed markey, and while getting a lot of national attention in the process, donato was able to secure an appointment with the passport office in boston on wednesday and look what magda just texted me. a fresh, clean, totally undigested passport. and by the way, she said the team there apparently reached out to u.s. secretary of state antony blinken's office for help. expedited this process and not only did they offer donato a new passport, but the office even issued a puppy passport for chicky, stamped for favorite doggy destinations like a fire hydrant. >> i'm packing for both of us, so we both will make it there. >> and i'm not sleeping. >> after a stressful week, donato and magda can finally fly off to enjoy their italian fairy tale, and magda wanted me to tell everyone. quote we are extremely grateful for all the support has not gone unnoticed and we are forever thankful and ammo. the wedding did happen and it was incredibly beautiful out in italy, where andrew's wedding will be one day. >> sure it will. i want

markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. 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. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, brown, butler, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, grassley, hirono, johnson, kaine, klobuchar, manchin, murray, padilla, ricketts, schumer, police. senators voting in the negative -- marshall, paul, scott of florida. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk:

.>> senator markey, thank you very much. and bringing attention to the filings at the end of your testimony today, i'm reminded that some of those also include menus from restaurants, as submitted as official documents as well. so thank you very much on bringing more attention to the enforcement side of this. >> thank you, chairman. and thank you for the witnesses for being here today. when i talked to folks from north carolina, they asked me about this topic a lot, they talk about robo calls and they express their frustrations, they don't want to download the app that helps screen these things. so they are frustrated, they want solutions. when i was in the u.s. house a year ago, i was proud to be an original cosponsor of the trace act which i think is making a difference. according to youmail, calls have declined about 55% since their peak in october of 2019. tools like industry trace group and deployed authentication technologies better detect spoofing, they seem to be working. and we all agree that there still a lot of wo

waxman markey was tortured for a long time. we see in this research work a brookings institution working paper under the hutchison institute. looking at the broad indexes and individual firms and see the green firms and low carbon firms of the low emissions measured in terms of emissions intensity and agencies or emission scores did better when the ira was announced. it was a huge jump in relative value. that's what we are looking for but it's an early indication that they expected to have effects of profitability in the firms either through a cost channel or investment subsidized or through the demand channel. the cost channel and demand channel makes perfect sense in terms of the perspective. of the predictions don't always come through but here you found that affect and that is an early sign that it's going to have those positive benefits and investments. let's turn to what some of the major challenges are. you want to dig in but what do you see at this stage is the biggest hurdle towards implementing the ira? >> the second

lastly, tesla, they are under fire from senators blumenthal and markey, saying there are reports that knew and cons concealed safety issue problems, should potholes in the road. i think automakers may have gotten out over their bumpers. david: jeff flock thank you happy new year. >> >> people care about jobs not about unemployment rates, when you look at total jobs it is way down, we have a low impl implism. rate, people have left the labor force, second thing, people worry about prices not about inflation. inflation is related to prices over long periods of time, but right now prices are up, i think 17.7%. since biden took office, even though the inflation rate is down. the prices are not down at all, that is the prices that are killing people. david: great art laffer, joining me now michael faulkender. mike we have a little bit of time, does art have it right? is that the disconnect. >> very much so, american people care about how much their job provides for them in what they can purchase, the american people have jobs, they have not been getting wage increases that will sustain the

ed markey and richard blumenthal are demanding elon musk via your reuters reported the company knowinglyeployed defective parts to customers for years. the senators say, quote, we call on you to withdraw all components that pose a safety risk and it can properly do its job. the investigation also found tesla often blamed customers for damage caused by defective bartender tended to mislead federal safety regulators with incomplete data. harsh accusations of $253. coming up, space x launching a secret military spacecraft from kennedy space center. we have details on the mystery mission launch and russia's foreign minister says western nations are changing their strategy for the war in ukraine. he claims there's been whispers about peace talks being held without ukraine. former pentagon official brent said that will deal with that next. ♪ they're all expecting more. more efficiency. more benefits. more growth. when you realize you can give your people everything, and more. thank you very much. [applause] ask, "now what?" here's what. you go with prudential to protect, empower and grow. with

. >> reporter: top senate democrats ed markey and richard blumenthal just wrote to say it is the delay number that's concerning and saying the airports may not be fully prepared for the holiday rush. we'll see, though. just checked flight aware, the delays and cancellations are pretty low. only seen about 40 or 50 cancellations so far today. about 350 delays, although the day is still young and the faa is warning of ground stops because of heavy wind in boston and the new york metro area. >> that was a segue right there. >> pete mountean is a professional phil. >> that was a pro savvy move there. >> over to you derek van dam. i pride myself in my extreme observational skills. first day of winter there was no snow on the ground when i came to work, picked that part up. a lot of people wondering is that going to happen? >> there is a lot of rain on this christmas travel forecast. and very little snow. but that's part of a wider trend across the country. 75% of the united state's winter seasons are warming and nowhere is it warming faster than the northeast and the midwest. as phil mentio

markey -- mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 66, the nays are 31. the motion is agreed to. ms. warren: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: mr. president, i rise today to ask the senate to cost ron co-hane to be assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs. in this role, mr. cohane will be the advisor on all matters related to military and personnel policies. he previously served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for military, community, and family policy. we need someone with m mr. cohane's sense of experience to oversee and develop policies to support our servicemembers and their families as well as to oversee our dod schools. strong leadership is also essential to address our military recruiting crisis. now, i recently held a hearing in my subcommittee which the senator from north carolina attended that identified a long list of areas where our military services can continue to step

we have a couple of companies -- i get it -- i said to senator markey, it's not a good business model. it's not a good business model to use slave labor uighur labor from china and captain diez, it's going to catch up with you. i know there's a few companies out there saying, we don't like the sullivan bill. shoot. really? so what's the answer? it's the same answer. we have great american fishermen who can make sure you guys, captain diez, or who ever else, you can fish. it's a higher standard. i learned today that a lot of the russian fish sent to china, it gets injected with 40% phosphates and water to plump it up to make it look more plump. that's disgusting and then it gets sent to america. maybe to captain diez. my point is we're not out to hurt you. we can say, use american producers, use great american fishermen. from all over, alaska, maine, you know, virginia, california, oregon, washington state. use them. don't block this legislation. don't be a putin lackey. don't help fund the war machine. don't help xi jinping's forced slave labor with the uighurs. buy american. stand wi

senators blumenthal and markey have sent a letter to the folks at tesla asking their vehicles be recalled because there's reporting that the company has known about safety problems, but they have kept them from the national highway traffic safety administration. they want recalls. in addition, consumer reports now says they have studied multiple vehicles and found 79% more problems with evs than regular vehicles. there's also a problem with those vehicles holding their value. depreciation. when folks at iccars.com found that evs lost half of their value after five years. that compared to 38% of the value for all other vehicles. so you know, evs continue to be popular in some circles. they're making a lot of them. we have 95 different models to choose from. people just don't seem to be as interested as people thought in buying them. >> even with the rebates and tax breaks. jeff flock live in illinois. thanks. >> new numbers show california lost residents for the third year in a row in 2023. it appears that wealthy taxpayers are fleeing the fastest. senior national correspondent william la

markey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: the vice president: are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or change a vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam vice president. the vice president: the majority leader. mr. schumer: today is historic. vice president harris has just cast her 32nd tiebreaking vote, the most tiebreakers ever. i join all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle thanking the vice president for her leadership and for making the work of the senate p

markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms.murphy. the clerk: mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. the clerk: mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. 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. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative brown, butler, cantwell, capito, casey, cornyn, ernst, gillibrand, graham, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, lankford, marshall, menendez, merkley, padilla, reed, sinema, tester, thune, tillis, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, crapo, daines, particularer, grassley, hawley, johnson, mullin, paul, tuberville. ms. hirono, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs.

world's biggest ev manufacturer, tesla, they are under fire, particularly from senators blumenthal and markeyhat wrote a letter to elon musk and folks at tesla asking their vehicles be recalled because of reports that they knew, tesla, that is new and concealed safety problems with vehicles. tesla has denied all of this, but still, a bit under fire and i leave you with one other one, david, and that's tesla was the biggest manufacturer of ev's and in the new year, it promises to be the chinese manufacturer, byd. they apparently are going to make more electric vehicles than the folks at tesla. they are noted for making much less expensive vehicles. a big surprise there, that the chinese have made something less expensive than we here in the u.s. back to you. david: yeah, maybe not so much a surprise. jeff, thank you very much. well, the holiday shopping rush is over, but the rush to return those unwanted gifts is on. retail expert herzog is here to make sure you don't waste your money and time. ♪ it's not about the money, money, money ♪ ♪ we don't need your money, money, money ♪ ♪ we just want

this is democratic massachusetts senator ed markey speaking from the sidelines of the cop28 talks on sunday. >> the cop should conclude with a final statement that says the world wants to end this addiction, once to phase out fossil fuels. opec does not want to phaseout fossil fuels. they made that very clear yesterday. amy: on saturday, hundreds marched within the u.n. summit site calling for the end of the burning of fossil fuels and a cease-fire in gaza. >> we're here to defend a phaseout of fossil fuels. amy: the demonstrations were met with heavy censorship. protesters saw their movements sharply restricted, were barred from displaying national flags, and were given strict limits on what their signs could say and what slogans they were allowed to chant. another group rallied to demand the release of pro-democracy activists detained in the united arab emirates and egypt were not allowed to hold up signs bearing the names of the political prisoners. they did under those names anyway. a human rights watch researcher called the crackdown a "shocking level of censorship in a space th

tesla by the way, kelly, under fire from couple senators, blumenthal, markey, both democrats saying tesla vehicles. there are reports that tesla knew about problems, safety problems and hid it from the government. the senators say they need to make a recall right now. there you go, tesla under fire on multiple fronts but there you go. the rain continues to fall here both in the suburbs as well as on the ev front. kelly: i like what you did there, jeff, braving the rhine for us. jeff flock live in illinois. thank you for that report. >>> many investors prepared all year for a recession that didn't happen. part of that preparation was pouring cash into money market funds. people invest $1.7 trillion into money market funds hoping to cash in on attractive high yields. going into 2024 our "countdown closer" is expecting a mass exodus out of these funds and he was suggestions where to put it. i got to ask you, i know a lot of folks went money marketing markets. why? >> there was $6 trillion in money markets that was attractive by the high yields. we believe these yield investors have to go som

markey, aye. vote: s >> the presiding officer: the yeas are 80, the nays are 12. the nomination is confirmed. is under the previous order, the motion to recar is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately be notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those 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 317. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. is the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of state, national lee res of massachusetts to be ambassador to the public of croatia a. mr. schumer: i send a cloture notion the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report.

tesla is under fire from senators blumenthal and markey who say there have been reports that tesla knewroblems, safety issue problems and should have conducted a recall. they're calling on tesla to do that right now. so, yeah, some potholes i guess in the road you might say. i think the automakers may have gotten a little out over their skis, perhaps over their bumpers. david: i would say so. jeff flock, happy new year. >> people care about jobs, not about unemployment rates and so when you look at total jobs it's way down. we have a very low employment rate even though the unemployment rate is low, people have just left the labor force so jobs are way down which is what people feel. second thing that's really important is people worry about prices, not about inflation. now inflation is related to prices over long periods of time but right now prices are up. i think it is 17.7% since biden took office. even though the inflation rate is down quite substantially the prices are not down at all and it's prices that are killing people. david: the great art laffer, joining me now is michael f

markey: thank you, madam president. two weeks ago our nation surpassed 38 mass murders, the highest level since 2006. since then at least three additional mass murders have occurred. this harrowing record serves as another forceful call to action for congress. we must act today to end gun violence, and that is why i rise today in support of my 3-d printed gun safety act. i rise for those festival goers in las vegas. i rise for patrons of pulse nightclub and club q. i rise for the children in sandy hook, yew value day -- uvalde and lewiston. i rise for all those whose names do not dominate the airwaves. i rise and rise again. there is no conceivable reason to further delay another gun violence prevention vote in the united states senate. senate republicans are blocking the will of the american people and exposing americans to unnecessary bloodshed. this month the gun violence archive reported just under 40,000 gun-related deaths in the united states this year, including over 22,000 suicides. additionally, over 1,500 mino

on tuesday this week, the health committee marked a bill that i co-led with senators markey and paul, monetizing the act. we are getting all kinds of attention through a variety of committees. and it's about time. this bill will expand patient access to methadone, a vital medication for treating opioid use disorder by scrapping outdated prescription rules. it will help individuals with opioid use disorder of all ages. in indiana, center stone, a nonprofit service provider is now finding synthetics are widespread among older americans while these drugs don't kill older americans at the same rate as younger ones, age is not a shield against synthetics and fentanyl seems to lead the pack. synthetics are surging in counterfeit pills. authorities have seized a record-breaking 86 million fentanyl pills in 2023. we need to sound the alarm about how this effects can poison older americans, also many more grandparents raising their grandchildren because parents have died from synthetics overdoses, fentanyl and other drugs have lowered american life expectancy, they increasingly kill older amer

markey. mr. marshall. mr. menendez. mr. mcconnell. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. daines. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. -- mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, bennet, booker, cardin, durbin, hickenlooper, lujan, ossoff, padilla, rosen, smith, and welch. senators voting in the negative, boozman, ernst, lee, marshall, paul, scott of south carolina, thune, and tillis. mr. schatz, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrr peters, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the cler

along with senator markey i have introduced h.r. 3154, the halt act, to freeze nuclear weapons production and urge early return to negotiations. and congresswoman eleanor holmes norton has introduced h.r. 2775, to direct the u.s. to sign the tpnw, and convert the funds that maintain and sustain our nuclear arsenal to address urgent domestic needs. at the end of november i was privileged to attend a meeting of parliamentarians at the united nations to discuss these urgent questions. the meeting was coordinated by nobel peace prize recipient the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. each of us was from a nation that has not yet joined the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. we discuss what needs to happen in our countries and in our parliaments to accelerate the debate of ending the threat of nuclear weapons t we were at the u.n. because the 93 nation that is have joined the tpnw were meeting to discuss concrete steps to implement the provisions. such leadership should be recognized and supported, mr. speaker. it's not enough. it's simply not enough. i wish the united

markey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 63. the nays are 32. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii ms. hirono:}madam president, we now have one week left until the senate is scheduled to recess for the end of the year. while this year is quickly coming to an end, our work in this body is far from over, especially as it relates to our national security. yesterday, madam president, the armed services committee on which i sit released a text of f.y.2024 national defense authorization act conference report. this year's ndaa contains critical investments in our servicemembers, military -- in our servicemembers, our military infrastructure, and our national security at large. importantly, this year's ndaa contains a 5.^ 2% pay raise for our troops. the most significant raise in more than 20 years. and prevents large cuts to servicemembers overseas' cost of living adjustment accounts. ms. hirono: the bill also includes several provisions i fought to secure to im

so, this is blumenthal and markey, and they are expressing extreme concern, they say, about tesla vehicleswe'll see -- tesla's brushed off those sorts of headwinds before. >> it's very difficult to tell what's the real safety record of these cars, because they're still not a lot of them that are out there. >> they get great ratings, great safety ratings. >> their satisfaction ratings have not been as high. remember when it first came out, the original tesla came out years ago, consumer reports gave it a tremendous rating, and the numbers, the ratings numbers have come down since then, but look, the important thing is the retort about electric vehicles is people say they don't want to sit in the car that's self-driving, and yet, if you get it right, there is no doubt that self-driving cars are far safer than humans driving. i always say, is there anything worse than a human driving? it's certainly true we have a lot of problems with self-driving vehicles, and we need to work that out. they're not ready for primetime yet, but humans are not ready for primetime either, and the death rate, the

markey, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cramer, no. ms. butler, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. lee, no. . the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. manchin, no. ms. smith, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. padilla, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mrs. britt, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. briewm that you will, aye. -- the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. young, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: vote: the vice president: are there any senators in the chamber