mr. president. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. 's been a day, a long week, a very long few months, but tonight we have funded the government with significant investments for parents and kids and small businesses and health care workers, military families, and so much more. it's no small feat to get apack divided government. these passed few month -- these past few months have shown yet again that when bipartisanship has room toork, we can get the job done. a deep and sincere you this to all of my -- sincere thank you to all of my colleagues. thank you, chair murray. thank you, vice chair collins, all the appropriations and their staff and thank you to my incredible staff, too. this was not easy, but outer efforts have paid -- but our efforts have paid off with a strong funding bill that now goes to the president. and finally, mr. president, many of us have signed condolence book to senator collins on the loss of her mother. it was even more difficult for her to get thisthe circumstance showed her usual strength, courages be, and te

mr. schumer: i ask the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. egislationive session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. send a motion to the desk. executive session to consider calendar 463. the presiding officer: the question is on all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, eumi k. lee of california to be united states district judge for the northern district of mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar california to be united states district judge for the northern district of california signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading

mr. president prime minister ctnetanyahu role in keeping hamas in control and gaza did n there. mr. esident president-elect enters the record israel found the money machine years ago nobody turned it off unquote. >> without objection. >> i want to te for mr. levy who is quoted in that article he was in charge of ec policy. who says and i quote i can tell you for sure that i talk to him referring to prime minister netanyahu, about this. that he did not care that much about it. ". the article goes on to point out that mr. netanyahu's chief shut down his team the task force called harpoon that focused on disrupting groups including hamas. so mr. president let's go back to why prime minister netanyahu and his extreme right wing allies wanted to keep hamas in place and gaza. it is because as they have said their primary goal was to avoid the establishment of a palestinian state. so long as they could keep the palestinians dividedd a united national movement for such estates and so long as hamas is in control and gaza it proved a useful foil against recognizing a palestinian state that inc

mr. president. mr. families of all the the heinous terror attack on friday. terror must always be condemned in the harshest council was justifiably quick, very quick to terror attacks in russia. just as it was waiting no time to condemn the terror attack in iran against a poldecember. yet still, to this day the council refuses to condemn the d barbaric massacre suffered by the jewish people since the holocaust. least 137 people were murdered at the concert hall in russia on friday by radical dialmost six months ago, nearly 400 people were murdered at a music in israel by the hamas. why does the security council discriminate between russian murdered at the concert and israelis murdered at the music festival? civilians,ea matter where they live, deserve to enjoy music in safety and security. the security council should tery without discrimination. sadly, today as well this col refused to condemn the october 7 massacre. this is a disgrace. colleagues, it was the hamas massacre that started this war. i repe

mr. president.nk all the council members for their flexibility and the constructive way that allowed us today to adopt this long awaited resolution, a resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire in the gaza strip. in order to put an end to the massacres that unfortunately are still ongoing oveve months. over the past five months, the palestinian people have suffered greatly. this bloodbath has continued for far too long. s end to this bloodbath before it is too late. 7cfinally, the security council is shouldering its responsibility as the primary organ maintaining international peace and security. it is finally r cause of the international community. these repeated calls not only from the international community but also from the secretarygeneral, mr. antonio guterres, and once again we bring your support to the secretary-general for his noble position and for his support to this just because. -- this just cause. despite the heinous campaigns that were launched against him mr. president, when w

mr. president. mr. voted in favor of the draft resolution that has just been put to the vote. we thank algeria, mozambique, and other elected council members for their efforts. last friday, the security council voted on the other draft resolution proposed by the united states on the situation in gaza. chintogether with algeria and russia voted against it. a comparison of the two drafts shows the differences the current draft is unequivocal and correct in itsde cease-fire. while the previous one has been evasive and ambiguous. the current draft demands an unconditional cease-fire, while the previous one has set preconditions for cease-fire. the current draft reflects the general expectations of the international community and enjoys the arab states, while the previous one has been jointly rejected by the arab states. the differences between the two drafts boil down to nothing but whether there should be an immediate and unconditional cease-fire, and whether the collective punishment of the people of gaza

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. heinrich: mr. co's actual -- t thank you. larod.tula rosen base in, the world changed. the trinity test was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon in human history. and the families who live downwind from the trinity explosion have lived the consequences of that day for every moment of their lives. these families were never told that the white dust falling around them that day would contaminate their bodies, would contaminate the bodies of children they had yet to bear, that it would contaminate the crops and the water and the livestock that they had built their communities around, and they were never told about the kinds of cancers that they would get. the conditions that they would suffer through or the loved ones that they would lose. these families still to this day have not received the recognition or the compensation for what they endured so that our nation could be victorious in the second world war. nearly a century later, 80 year. they deserve justice. it is long overdue for congress to f

mr. president. mr. president, china voted in favor of the truth resolution that has just been put to the vote. we think algeria, mousick, and other elected council members for their efforts. last friday, the security council voted on the other truth resolution proposed by the united states on the situation in gaza, china together with algeria. and russia voted against it. a comparison of the two drafts shows the differences. the current draft is unequivocal and correct in its direction, demanding an immediate seasfire, while the previous one has been evasive and ambiguous. the current draft demands and unconditional cease fire, while the previous one has set preconditions for cease fire. the current draft reflects the general expectations of the international community and enjoys the collective support of the arab states, while the previous one has been jointly rejected by the arab states. the differences between the two drafts boil down to nothing. whether there should be immediate and unconditional cea

mr. president. the senator from ke ask unanimous consent that the next four amendments be considered simultaneously and individually, that eac individual andment be listed at the table by number, and that over the next 15 minutes, we'll vote on all four. each person who is for t amendmt can speak a minute for it and each person against it can speak a minute against it as we've been doing it but four amendments will be considered over the next 15in desk, each senator will come forward and vote on all four amendments, one at a time but we'll be done with four amendments in 15 minutes and i ask unanimous consent. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. schumer: i object. let me just say my colleagues -- let me say to my colleagues accuracy is very important. we must make sure the vote count is accurate. if we all sit seats and do 10-minute votes, we can get this done as quickly as possible. mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr.

mr. president. ng to a bill that had it been in place, laken riley's life would have been spared. the democrat party's commien bo otherwise preventable tragedies to occur again and again and again. but while we're here, address some of the counterarguments we've heard. one contention is that this bill would apply to individuals merely acued of a crime, robbing them of due process. well, the fact that illegal aliens are freely roaming around the country in and of itself is illegal. if they then commit another crime, authorities are well within their rights to detain them. the law that this bill would strengthen already have been involved in various acts, such as drug trafficking, prostitution, and other vices, regardless of whether or not co. opponents of this bill don't just have a problem with this bill. they have a problem with well established laws onhe argument d is that this bill would violate the constitution's standing the supreme court in united s. states v. texas provided a real road map for

thank you very much, mr president. thank you very much for| president. very much for welcoming — president. thank you very much for welcoming me and my team here to larnaca _ welcoming me and my team here to larnaca and — welcoming me and my team here to larnaca and in particular the joint rescue _ larnaca and in particular the joint rescue coordination centre. we are here because palestinians and in particular— here because palestinians and in particular those in gaza need all our help — particular those in gaza need all our help. the humanitarian situation in gaza _ our help. the humanitarian situation in gaza is_ our help. the humanitarian situation in gaza is dire. with innocent palestinian families and children desperate for basic needs and today we are _ desperate for basic needs and today we are facing a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza. and we stand by innocent _ catastrophe in gaza. and we stand by innocent civilians of palestine and this is— innocent civilians of palestine and this is why— innocent civilians of palestine and this is why europe

mr. president, twoworld got a g horrible scene. 100 starving palestinians were killed as they reached for food from trucks. in the aftermath of that horrible event, president biden has ordered airdrops of food supplies. decision because when people are starving, every parcel of food counts. but airdrops are j the ocean of need. so i was also glad to see the president order the building of a temporary port to aid by ship. but that port will likely not be ready for at least 60 days and sufficient to meet the humanitarian need. all of these extraordinary efforts to deliverid air, by sea are being undertaken when we know that during the prewar period when there was already a0 trucks still crossed daily through the crossing in gaza. those 500 trucks crossed every day when the need was far less acute than it is right now.he o why in the world should we have to resort to these extraordinary and more expensive means to deliver insufficient food and aid by air and sea standpoint start answer is because this is a man made disaster. the starv

mr. president, i yield the . mr. lee: mr. resident, i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i permitted to speak for up to ten minutes, and senator manchin up to five minutes prior to the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, yesterday at about this samefloor. time i came to the floor a i made three predictses. even though -- predictses even though not a single member body had a chance to read the new spending bill which we received at 3:00 a.m. this morning. i predicted it would be full of corrupting earmarks. well the bill has nearly 1400 earmarks, 138 pages of the more than 1,000 pages are dedicated to earmarks. wouldn't force biden is secure the border and that it would perpetuate massive deficits. it does. mr. president, i really hate to say i told you so. it's now thursday a little more than 48 hours before the funding deadline and we received 1012-page bill at 2:30 in the morning. we're told the only way to avoid a shutdown i

mr. president, mr.ister it's an honor to welcome you on the historic anniversar o today on this very day poland joined nato some of you may have remembered i was very involved in that happening. during that ceremony the former secretary of state made this following statement she said when we stand together note force on earth is more powerful. when we stand together note force on earth is more powerful. ielieve that then and i believe it now. we see it and polish american troops serving side-by-side and nato and eastern flank. including poland. we see it in our commitment to strengthen nato's collective defenses. but i want to pause here and a note poland is spending your 4% of its gross domestic product on defense. much of it purchasing american to weapons systems and aircraft. double the nato commitment, 4%. we also see in our support to ukraine and the force of putin's vicious onslaught against ukraine in a way that is borderline, i'm not sure how to describe it readily to thank you for your unwaveri

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. un: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i complete my remarks which i've done followed by senator padilla up to five minutes prior to the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. padilla: madam president. the presiding officer:rnia. mr. padilla: madam president, the senate will soon consider the nomination of judge eumi lee to serve on the u.s. district court for the northern district of california. i rise today to share brief my more about this dedicated public servant and to encourage myn me in supporting her nomination. the proud daughter of parents who survived the korean war before united states judge eumi lee was born in wisconsin and raised in tennessee. she earned her bachelor's degree from pamona college and her law degree from the georgetown university law center. after law school judge lee clerked for several judges on the federal bench. first for the western district of tennessee. then in the san francisco bay area circuit court of a

mr. president. >> good morning. nice to be with you. >> this is the first interview i've been told since you became the presumptive nominee. i'm not sure that prior to last week you weren't already the presumptive nominee, but i think this is your first interview since the state of the union as well. so, can we just start with your vision for this country after watching the state of the union. how does it differ from what you heard from president biden, president trump? >> well, i heard a very angry man who is losing badly in the polls. who is willing to weaponize government like has never taken place in this country. it has taken place in third world countries, quite often actually. and they're willing to use the justice department to sue opponents, like me, because i'm his only opponent other than life, life itself. and frankly, i serve a very angry and confused man. i assume he's going to be the candidate. i think it probably maybe was a terrible performance, but i think it was probably good enoug

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. ms. butler: mr. esident, i rise today on the final day recognizing plaque history month to bring attention to this chamber and to the american people watching the very harmful and antidemocratic practice of book banning happening or being attempted in states all over our country. mr. president, the first congress shall make no law on is respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances. this amendment gives all americans thexg right to speak, publish, and read what they wish, free from government a na campaign in states like florida, utah, north dakota, and even california h been deployed to limit our children's learning and enforce restrictions on one of our most fundamental freedoms. right now extremist politicians are working overtime to strip our nation's book shelves of essential literature that help to tell the

mr. president. i yield back. a senator: mr. president. hank you, mr. president. i rise in support of tonight's vote to move forward with the nomination of mr. ronald to be assistant secretary of defense for man power and reserve affairs. i need not remind my colleagues with the instability throughout the world right now how critical it is to ensure that strong civilian leadership is in place across the department and the military services. as the commissioner of the national defense strategy concluded, the implementation the national defense strategy must feature empowered civilians fulfilling their statutory responsibilities, particularly issues of forced management. strong civilian oversight is the essential hallmark of u.s. civil military relations codified in the constitution and embraced throughout the nation's history. mr. keohane was reported out of the committee not once but twice. the first time on march 23, 2023, and then again this congress on february 8, 2024. both times he was reported out g to be recorded as a no. to my knowl

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: mr. esident -- the presiding officer: the senate's in a quorum call. ms. baldwin: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presid over the last several days and weeks i've heard a lot of discussion from some of my colleagues in in the house of representatives about what they consider to be inappropriate -- inappropriate congressionalprojects. the majority of those projects appear to be objectionable simply because the organization involved provides services to less seenbian lesbian, gay, transgender bisexual americans, all of what is identified in the labor hhs hhs was voted out with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 26-2. second, and more importantly, i am deeply concerned about why these projects are being singled out. they're being singled out and discriminated against because they serve a particular group of americans, a groucha group of americans that every single one of us in this chamber represents. we all have gay and lesbian and bibisexual and transgender groups they should be

mr. president. mr. ent, today i rise honoring women's history month to once again bring attention to the destructive practice of book banning taking place all across our nation. at this time i am alsooing to be joined by my esteemed colleague, senator tina smith from minnesota. our nation's serves as a mirror, a window and a door to endless possibilities fuelling our imagination fostering empathy and challenging us to think critically about our beliefs and values. to many young americans, opening a bookingwith characters who resemble them and their lived experiences is the very essence of's commitment to freedom of thought. these stories highlight the voices of everyday americans who unheard. let me put the horrors of these book bans in context. pin america provides a comprehensive of the increase in book bans across u.s. schools during the year. it reveals a significant rise in instances of censorship with over 2,500 cases affecting 1,650 unique titles. most of these bans are driven by organized groups

mr. president. mr. sing my gratitude to the united states of america. the united nations wasished in e holocaust to prevent such atrocities from happening again. i bested greenfield, thank you defending these values. your conviction that the release of the hostages is not something that can be postponed, it shows true moral clarity. the american resolution should as, would have marked a moment of reality for the u.n., a place where good is evil and injustice is injustice. it would have been the very first time that this council or any u.n. body condemned hamas in this brutal massacre. yet sadly for purely political reasons this resolution did not pass, and terrorists can coinue benefiting from this council whitewashing their crimes. colleagues, how could we explain to children around the world that the body mandated to uphold global peace and security refuses to condemn terrorists for the most horrific crimes? the council's decision to not condemn hamas's is stained will never be forgotten. as israel def

mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. sent un the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: more than five months after the butchery of october 7, israelis are overwhelmingly united behind their government's unity war cabinet in support of ongoing military operations against hamas. contrast, some prominent american democrats are increasingly vocal in theirlief government and israeli voters are wrong. that is, after all, what we're talking about here. as much as some of our colleagues might like them to be, democrats' egregious and hypocritical attempts to influencesr domestic politics aren't some simple or narrow critique of a particular prime minister. they're an affront to the very independence of the state of is israel, a sovereign nation, a robust democracy, and one of america's closest allies and friends. not a colony, not a vassal state, not some appendage of our own domestic p. as i said last week, our democratic colleagues don't have an anti-bibi problem. an anti-i prob

mr. president i handed over to you, the floor is yours. >> mr. dent, ladies and gentlemen, exactly 25 years ago on the 12th of march , 99 hungary, enjoying the strongest alliance in the world, the dream of many generations came true. there's no better place to celebrate t anniversary than the white house. courageous decisions were made right here in the capitol of the united states by both democrats and republicans. nato expanded poland joined the free world, the west where it has always belonged to. and for the courageous decisions and their unwavering support would like to thank all the americans. i stress the thanks to you mr. president bearing in mind at this time you are one of the leaders of the support u.s. senate succession to nato. i thank you on behalf of millions. >> thank you, mr. president. shown we are a reliable andave proven ally. even when our soldiers fought side-by-side with the american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. like a few other countries in the world security comes at a price. that is a buy we spent with a 4% of our gd

mr. president's trip was to meet with the dear people of izeh and the emphasis they had to remove the deprivation from this city, apart from the hint that mr. engineer should have more water. what other measures have been taken into consideration to remove the deprivation in this city? well, i have to send greetings to the people of izeh for their bravery and honor , and the cities, villages and surrounding areas that hosted our honorable president yesterday. the presence of ayatollah raisi in izeh has been advertised for months by some groups , i don't know, broadcasts on mawareh international radio stations, and this bbc and various sites of different channels have requested that izeh, for example , that rashadat those who are in the war and in the defense of the revolution he has seen and stood in front of the advertising system. in the virtual space, which we always say is not the real space, when you look there, there is a quality of mr. governor's voice that is somewhat disturbed. specifically, what plans did you foresee to remove the deprivation of the dear people of izeh city during your

mr. president.tay not only as representative of algeria, but also as a of -- witnessing the unfolding tragedy in palestine, our vision is devastated by the violence inflictedn estinian people. live scenes of destruction and ■m and performed suffering are not bearable anymore. since the beginning of the - pa, our group has consistently called to put an end to this only by ceasing hostilities can we alleviate the immense suffering and ensure that the last of humanitarian assistan will reach those in need. for this purpose we presented last month a draft resolution that garnered significant support within the security counsel, but it was ultimately vetoed. we firmly believe that its adoption would have saved thousands of innocent lives. it is beyond any doubt that resolution 2712 and 2720 have fallen short due to the absence of the clear demand for a . those who believe that the israi occupying power would choose to oppose its international legal obligation are mistaken. abandon this fiction. since the

mr. president, i pay the largest iron factory. after hearing the words of the workers, the president issued the necessary orders to solve their problems. mr. governor, mr. engineer ebrahimi , please follow up, this work can be done with the efforts of these workers, god willing, this land that has been prepared will help, mr. governor. yes , you have a cooperative that is an active cooperative . you have housing cooperatives. if their housing cooperation is active , you are looking for work. let ahvaz see that housing for workers has been solved. the importance of opening this factory is that iran produces a quarter of the world's sponge iron . it means that our country is the largest producer of iron the sponge has the second place in the middle east and in the world, and this is a great honor for the managers of engineers. the workers and experts of this group of our dear ones in khuzestan steel company, i want you to definitely increase production, definitely increase employment, because you can become the home of atiyeh middle

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. ms. butler: mr. president, i rise today on the final day recognizing plaque history month to bring attention to this chamber and to the american people watching the very harmful and antidemocratic practice of book banning happening or being attempted in states all over our country. mr. president, the first amendment in our constitution is clear. congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances. this amendment gives all americans the right to speak, publish, and read what they wish, free from government censorship, but a nationwide campaign in states like florida, utah, north dakota, and even california has been deployed to limit our children's learning and enforce restrictions on one of our most fundamental freedoms. right now extremist politicians are working overtime to strip our nation'

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. hagerty: thank you, madam president.nts simple. it requires that the census determine -- the presiding officer: senator, do you wish to call up your amendment? mr. hagerty: sorry. concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 4366 with my amendment number 1634. the presiding officer: clerk will report. the clerk: senator from tennessee, mr. hagerty, moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 43 6 withn numbered 1634. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes for debate equally divided. senator from hatching hagerty thank you, madam president. -- mr. hagerty: thank you, madam president. . my amendment is simple. it requires that the census determine basic population statistics like the number of citizens noncitizens, and yeasting that -- illegal aliens that live in this country and require only u.s. citizens be mining the number of house seats and electoral votes each state gets. the presiding officer: silence in the chambers please

you, mr president, _ historic reasons. you, mr president, have - historic reasons.ery secure border wall, orfence — i don't quite know what you call it — along much of your land border with haiti. are you still regarding that as a big priority? i mean, how far along building that wall are you? we how far along building that wall are you?— wall are you? we are also finishing _ wall are you? we are also finishing - _ wall are you? we are also finishing - it's _ wall are you? we are also finishing - it's almost - finishing — it's almost finishing — it's almost finishing 95% or 97%. 54km of wall where we have the biggest amount of population, especially from the haitian side. can you describe to me any other country in the western hemisphere that has the security problem that haiti has? i mean, there is not other countries. so i have to do whatever is necessary to secure our people. and we are doing that. and it's really — it's even organising also the normal trade between haiti and the dominican republic, and is helping a lot in our security. and that's why we have sta

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mrs. fischer: thank you, mr. president. tomorrow the biden administration's environmental protection agency will release new tailpipe emissions standards formulated to push electric vehicles on the american people. the administration says that , quote, the future of american transportation is on track to be cleaner, safer, more affordable and more ever before end quote. vice president harris's said our nation's embrace of electric vehicle will demonstrate the strength ofur end sustainability of our planet end quote. the way the administration and their activist friends paint e.v.'s you'd think these cars are a time-tested environmental blessing with transportation economic and community benefits to but behind the curtain of this climate crusade, there is little supportive evidence and plenty of problems problems the administration has tried to hide. so what's the truth of the truth is that electric vehicles are not a magic bullet for the environment. they're underdeveloped and they pose safety risks, and they crea

the speech of the president, mr. abduljad. members to deal with risks and economic and monetary support for what is your opinion on further coordination? i believe that the topics discussed in the gas meeting were significant points in the 7th meeting of the heads of gas exporting countries. the secretary of the house must summarize these issues and we can take a step towards greater cooperation between the gas exporting countries. gaz must transfer these experiences to other countries . mr. abdul majid tebun's words had the same tendency at the beginning of the meeting i think that the chairman of the summit should present some words in this meeting and with the view that exists between the members and the exchange of experiences and the need that the region and the world have for gas today, the countries that produce gas and export gas. they should have a very close cooperation and the gas consumers are the same with the gas consuming countries. their interaction with the producing countries is very important . i h

mr. president, is going to provide additional competition more choice and lower cost for consumers.'s just a few of the many ways we are promoting competition at usda from domestic and fertilizer capacity that you ordered. usda is using expertise and balance sheet to bring down prices for consumers, promote fairness for farmers and workers with the department of justice, ensuring up the resiliency in food and agriculture supply chain all of which you directed and challenged us to do. >> can i ask a quest getting from farmers and particularly livestock producers? >> mr. president, they welcome these chang for far too long they felt that they were at the mercy of a relatively small number of integrators and processors. to the extent they now have more options to be able to process their -- their local and independently own processing facilities some of which are farmer owned to the extent they know that they have a balanced playing field that they doing business with and they understand they have certain rights, that they can in fact, seek a better deal, all of that, i think, iss been

mr. president. at the top, i want to express my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of last. this week's terrorist attack in moscow. well, you have been looking at the united nations security council on their vote for a resolution demanding the immediate ceasefire uh to the situation to the war in gaza, and what you have seen now is actually that that resolution was passed, um, part of it that the the russian delegation said the original version saying that it was leading to for a permanent ceasefire, that unfortunately wording was taken out um, but caused for the immediate cease fire during the holy month of ramadan now has passed. now the russia delegation said it left it very vag because with the type of wording that is now in this resolution, it means that then the israeli regime can start its onslot anyt, but uh right now what is happened though uh the this resolution calling for immediate ceasefire has passed with 14 voting forward, zero against it, and the united states abstain

mr. president, any conversation with you. with the iranian official and especially the president, everyone asks where iran's nuclear case has reached and your relationship with the west . what is the new point in this regard? regarding the nuclear case , see nuclear energy is the inalienable right of the islamic republic. there is iran , we must use this gift for the well-being of our people in order to improve the lives of our people, the use of nuclear energy in medicine , the use of nuclear energy in industry, mining, oil, gas, and petrochemical energy has many uses. he wants to use nuclear energy to make an atom bomb. it should be used as we have announced many times that we will use nuclear energy in a peaceful manner and there has been no deviation in iran's use of this energy and this industry, i.e. the nuclear industry. we do not say because the atomic energy agency is monitoring the work of our nuclear industry and has announced 15 times so far. that the nuclear industry in iran is peaceful and does not have any kind

mrs. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. objection. mrs. shaheen: mr. president, i'm pleased to senator klobuchar on the in regard today. senator klobuchar is the chair of the committee on competition policy, antitrust and consumer■ on the judiciary. i chair the commerce, justice, and science appropriations subcommittee, and we are her to do a colloquy about the work of the department of justice's antitrust division and its funding. -- first of all, i would like to thank my friend for her work to strengthen competition policy and protect consumers. her bipartisan bill was signed into law at the end of the 2022 modernized the filing fee structure for the first time in decades. today we're considering fy 2024 funding for the cjs bill as part of the six-bill minibus that is before the senate. i can state with certainty that as a direct result of senator klobuchar's leadership, the bipartisan, bicameral appropriations package that the senate is considering provides the highest-ever appropriation for the antitrust division in the

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday, president biden released his budget request for the next fiscal year. here's the top line -- he wants the american people to take on more than $16 trillion in cumulative deficits over the next decade. the president, who told the nation last week that he was cutting the deficit, just put out a budget request that would do the exact opposite. unfortunately unfortunately, this is hard i had the only -- this is hardly the only pledge that president biden's request would break. after promising not to raise taxes on households making less than $400,000 a year, the president is now selling a plan that would heap $5 trillion in new and expanded taxes on american workers and job creators. let's put this in perspective. the biden administration's budget proposal would raise taxes as a share of the u.s. economy to levels our nation hasn't seen since world war ii. let me say that again. president biden wants to bring taxes as a share of gdp higher than they've been since the

mr. president, i also wanted to say, this is what, mr. president, we would like as...e can better interact and work with russia in order to resolve those challenges, which our peoples face, and how we can work together with the russian people to overcome all problems at the global level. and in conclusion, i would like to say, mr. president, i would so much like to become your son from africa, i would like you to be my mentor, mr. president, that i can i want to tell you, son, first of all, i want to address you not only. people believe that to a large extent the prosperity of these countries is based on the exploitation of other peoples, today 's prosperity is based on the exploitation of africa to a large extent on the exploitation of natural resources and human human resources, they directly talk about it honestly, i do not believe that here. .. we need to take these circumstances into account, because what absolutely needs to be done is that only by taking this circumstance into account we we can achieve correction of today's unjust economic world order. i am movin

mr. speaker, thank youo president, mr. ador, distinguished guests, in march 2013 i had the invitation to perform for the irish-american hall of fame. the honor, that they was the then vice president biden, and me being me i did not just want to play, i wanted to do something unique for him, so i did my research and i found out that his great-great-grandfather i think was -- father was a blind irish fiddler. so i found an incredible irish composer who was also blind from -- and i did a piece by him but i reimagined and i rearranged. and after the performance, the vice president came over and he was so, so gracious in congratulating me, and we talked about loss and about yates, and about how difficult it is to be on stage and to present. and just as he was departing he leaned in and gave me a wry smile and said, greg, if i had your talent, i would be president. [laughter] so apparently, mr. president, you have this in abundance. [laughter] so what we would do today is sweet will get to some -- is get to some incredible irish

mr. president, all of us here are overworked and understaffed. in brownsville we have assisted over 240,000 migrants since 2021. our population is just below 200,000. from el paso to san antonio to brownsville we all need help. so do our federal partners. we cannot afford to wait. we need to pass the senate's promising bipartisan border bill you have championed. we have studied it and it will give cities critical re-- critical resources to respond humanely to the migrant challenges. it's a big deal to have the president of the united states in the rio grande valley. thank you for visiting beautiful brownsville, texas. thank you. [applause] >> mr. president, do you bear any responsibility for laken riley's death? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024]