mr. barrasso, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 95, the nays are 1. the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i know of no debate on the nomination. the presiding officer: is there further debate on the nomination? hearing none, the question is on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. is there a sufficient second? there is. the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. oh, it is a roll. i'm sorry. the clerk will call the roll. is. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr.

mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mrs. warren, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the joint resolution is passed. under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 126, monica ramirez almadani of california to be united states district judge for the central district of california, signed by 19 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 monica ramirez almadani of california to be united states district judge for the central district of california shall be brought too a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under

mr. barrasso, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 82, the nays are 16. the 60 vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. --, as amended, is passed. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president. what we have just done is really important, and i want to thank everyone who helped us get here. my vice chair, the senior senator from maine, our subcommittee leaders, the senators from arkansas, new mexico, north dakota, hawaii had and mississippi, and all of our colleagues -- all of our colleagues -- whoworked hard to craft and strengthen these bills. i want to thank senate leadership and of course all of our tireless staff who have met every challenge that this process mass thrown at us. today months of hard work paid off. we just passed a strong, bipartisan spending package, the only bipartisan spending bills in congress, by the way, and we did it with an 82-15 vote. so let's be crystal clear about what that means. unlike the funding measures we've seen pushed through the house, these are serious and reasonable, bipartisan bills that c

mr. barrasso: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. : i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about this dangerous rise we're seeing in anti-semitism, in this country and all around the world. one of the most important vows our nation made to the jewish people is the vow of never again. now, it i have a simple question -- are we doing everything that we can to keep that vow in the wake of october 7 and the hamas terrorist attack against israel? a month ago, hamas killed more jews in a single day than at any time since the holocaust. yet, some students, professors, public officials in our country had indulging, and even endorsing, this act which to me is torture and mass murder. top anyone who -- to anyone who has witnessed the videos could say nothing but torture and mass murder. once again, the jewish people are being threatened simply for who they are and for what they believe. it's happe

mr. barrasso, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. marshall, no.vote: vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. -- mr. brown, ay. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville,

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. 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. 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. sulli

mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ms. sinema, aye. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. gillibrand, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. cruz, no -- mr. cruz, no. mr. marshall, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the yeas are 50, the nays are 4- the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 46, the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, ramon ernesto reyes, jr., of new york, to be un

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to talk about the failures of bidenomics and to talk about the devastating impact that bidenomics has had on american families. certainly people in wyoming are worried about the high cost of groceries. i hear it every time i'm at the grocery store. people wince every time they fill up the gas tank. people are turning to either raiding their savings account or taking on increasing debt just to stay up to current cost of living. so president biden has a message for all of these people who are wincing as they fill up, worried at the cost of groceries, who are raiding their savings account. and joe biden's message to them is just this. he says don't believe your lying eyes. that's what he believes, that tomorrow the president will be in colorado and he's going to say some things that the american people just will not believe. he'll say inflation is getting better. he'll say bidenomics is working. he'll say anyone who believes anything owner -- other than that is vi

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs.ritt. mr. brown. the clerk: mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. the clerk: ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. 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. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. the clerk: mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carol

mr. barrasso. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. a senator: mr. president, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. the clerk: mrs. blackburn. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. a senator: i ask the quorum call be vitiated and unanimous consent to do so. the presiding officer: is t

mr. barrasso, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr.rshall, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 80, the nays are 17, and the motion is agreed to. the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: madam president, this is a difficult topic for me to discuss because it is so serious and because the united states has so much catching up to do. two years ago congress created the bipartisan congressional commission on the strategic posture of the united states. we gave it the job of examining the strengths and weaknesses of our national security position. the report comments on an array of military issues, but it -- its findings can be distilled to a single alarming fact. china and russia

mr. barrasso, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr.nock, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. roll call vote vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 57, the nays are 42, and the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: first, mr. president, i have a unanimous consent request that jeremy king, a secret service detailee from my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: with the -- if the biden administration decides to allow a terror state access to billions of dollars, then at a bare minimum, the biden administration must perform a strict oversight of how that money is of used. it's pretty simple. common sense requires considering the risk that this money gives to iran, the bide

mr. chairman. >> senator barrasso, thank you for bringing the students here today. >> applications will ben out shortly so thank you for being here. we appreciate it very much. senator van holland. >> thank you, mr. chair, thank you both for your testimony and your service. we covered a lot of ground today including some of the questions that i was going to ask. i just want today affirm a couple principles that i know that you've outlined not just this morning but earlier which is and part of our overall digital andnd data strategy to promote american innovation, support american values including promoting human dirights. would you agree? >> yes. >> and you would agree, i think, that authoritarian regimes fear the open flow of information and data and try to put up walls and barriers? >> i agree. >> and would you agree that one of the mechanisms that they used toto do it is to promote data localization requirements around the world so that those governments can sometimes spy on their people and look for decenters? >> we see an increasing in free and open internet. >> so here is my question

barrasso. >> thanks so much mr. chairman and i'm pleased to welcome to the senate the committee monica bertagnolli who was a physician and wyoming native. president biden nominated her to be the director of the national institutes of health and it's certainly not everyday that one of wyoming's very own is nominated for such a high position in the nation. doctor bertagnolli has devoted her entire life to medicine and medical research. she earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from princeton university, graduated from the university of utah medical school and completed her surgical residency training at brigham and women's hospital in boston. she then went on to be a research fellow at tumor immunology at the cancer institute in boston and later served as the chief of surgical oncology for over a decade. she's continued caring for patients at brigham and women's hospital while being a renowned cancer researcher and also served as a professor in surgical oncology at harvard medical school. she strained not only the

barrasso. >> thanks so much mr. chairman.i just want to ask after listening to senator menendez weaker and foolish. in late 2020 when the state department sent an interim international energy engagement guidance to essentially barring the u.s. government support for future fossil fuel projects. this could affect terminals and europe currently it would be receiving u.s. lng. shortly after the cable went out putin's armies invaded ukraine. it is astonishing to me the same administration that issued this foolish anti- energy guidance refused to impose on the pipe on before the war it seems like the administration would sanction american energies, because the policy outlined in this cable still remain in effect? >> senator the energy engagement guidance remains in effect. i would also note geopolitics of energy after february 2022 looks different. the united states is now the world's largest lng producer. we are going to retain that status for years and years to come. europe looks to the united states for its energy security. lar

senator barrasso: anything you would like to add on that? mr. graviss: we are worried about our data, too, at the state department, how do we ensure that our employees are not putting sensitive information out on the web. how do you assess the threat of china's adversarial government to the united states? >> i agree with that assess meant that are intellectual property theft by the p.r.c. has stripped critical advantage out of the u.s. economy for several decades now. our response to that or uneven response to that has put us in a deterrent hold and there is a real threat to the security of our most a.i. systems going forward. it's why one of the pillars in the voluntary commitments is the security pillars which is standards around cybersecurity, decembering, disclosure of testing results. and a very real shared focus by the government and these companies on safeguarding that aspect. senator barrasso: since senator risch talked about the leadership when it came to the internet, we led in this sector because we took a light-handed regulatory appr

barrasso senator van halen. >> thank you madam chair and thankk you mr. senator secretary i know you've covered a lot of areas that i would plan to focus on demining and black sea i think looking for alternative routes for ukrainian through romania. so i would like to turn to issue of cybersecurity. because i know that part of the black sea security strategy involves addressing the malign cyberactivities in the region. my state of maryland is home to cybercommand another agencies that are very focused on these challenges and so -- i just want to ask you what, what we arere doing to try to hp our friends in the area address cyberattacks from russia. smg yeah. so senator i'll get you a written briefing in full about specificallyor the cyberactivities. mean, certainly russia attempt to control the information space are very damaging politically so it's part of our program to support thehe democrat resiliene of the 7 states we're discussing today. we put a great deal of emphasis counters artificial efforts to influence the -- the public sphere. on cybersecuri