mr. barrasso: mr. thune: mr.president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, march 6. that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed, and the mr. barrasso: senate proceed to executive session and resume executive calendars number 25, troy edgar. further, that if cloture is invoked on the edgar nomination, all time be expired at 1:45 p.m. and the senate vote on confirmation, and following the confirmation of the edgar nomination, the senate resume consideration of executive calendar number 29, lori chavez-deremer, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture. further, that if cloture is invoked on the nomination, all time be considered expired and the senate vote on the chavez-deremer nomination at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the democratic leader on monday, m

mr. barrasso: mr. president. the presiding officer: senator wyoming. mr. asso: i i ask unanimous consent that waive the mandatory quark with respect to the motion to proceed to calendar number 2, s. 9. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to legislative session and resume consideration of the following motion, which the clerk will report. t the clerk: 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 motion to proceed to calendar number 2, s. $, a bill to provide for purposes of determining compliance with title 9 of the education amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture e cloture. by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to proceed to s. t

mr. barrasso: mr. president. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, tonight president trump will tat podium and he will have a joint address to congress and clearly to the nation. just heard the minority leader of the senate come to the floor and talk about president trump's promises. let me talk about those promises, properly maces made -- promises made, promises kept by president trump. he's only been in the office now for seven weeks and he is a very -- he has a very strong record of accomplishment in those seven weeks. what did he promise he would do? he said he would cut wasteful washington spending. that's a promise he's kept. what we are seeing is the most comprehensive audit of federal spending of money in history. this administration already in just these short weeks has identified $55 billion of savings. president trump promised to secure the border. well, he's kept that promise as well. he immediately began deporting criminal illegal immigrants. they're here in the country illegally and they

mr. barrasso, the senator from arkansas, mr. cotton, the senator from oklahoma, mr.nkford, the senator from west virginia, mrs. capito, the senator from south carolina, mr. scott, the senator from new york, mr. schumer, the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar, the senator from new jersey, mr. booker, the senator from wisconsin. speaker johnson: the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. >> mr. speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. [indistinct conversations] peter: we are about 5, 10 minutes away from the president entering the chamber and beginning his speech. jasmine wright, jason dick, we've been watching this, chatting amongst ourselves. is there anything we can share that we were talking about? jasmine: one thing i'm noticing is the difference between the way that former vice president harris and speaker mike johnson were talking last year versus now. it is so much more jovial with vice president vance and speaker johnson that it was. it is so much more sort of homeboy these peo

mr. barrasso. the senator from arkansas at mr. the senator from oklahoma, mr. lankford the senator from west virginia mrs. capito. the senator from south carolina mr. scott. the senator from new york, mr. schumer. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the center for minnesota, ms. klobuchar. the senator from new jersey, mr. the senator from wisconsin ms. baldwin. the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. [inaudible conversations] mr. speaker the dean of the diplomatic. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. speaker associate justices of the united states supreme court. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] mr. speaker of the president's cabinet [applause] [inaudible background conversations] [inaudible background conversations] [inaudible background conversations] >> mr. speaker, the president of united states. [applause] [app

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. are the ones only accept the election outcome.hat is a fundamentally un-american view. and no one understood that more than john lewis. voting is an act of patriotism. we love her country. we want to make it better and want every american to have the same opportunity. let's make our elections more fair and more accessible so that everyone has a chance to make their voice heard. let's in republican efforts to put up roadblocks to the ballot box and let's remind people that voting is how we make our democracy stronger. together complex past the john r. lewis voting rights advancement act. it's my privilege to introduce someone who is taking a legislative role in his capacity as chair of house administration of the children from new york. >> ranking member -- [inaudible] >> good morning. thank you to all my not only colleagues but dear friends who are up on the dais to talk about this report in legislation and a special thank you to a colleague of mine on house administration committee and a great friend whose views of leadership on

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. what we are seeing real-time to default on the veterans of america. it's an assault that is part of a campaign by elon musk who has been empowered by president trump totally to eliminate waste in our federal government. instead of eliminating waste elon musk is laying waste to the department of veterans affairs and it is unfolding in real time and with the real-life impact on our veterans. not only is he firing veterans at the va, many of the 2400 already terminated our veterans one third of them but across agencies in the united states government where 30,000 members of the federal workforce have been indiscriminately terminated , 30% of them are veterans as well turned almost 50% of everybody in the department of defense who