mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. 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. central 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. sullivan. mr. test. mr. thun

mr. bennet: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, mr.sident. . is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, it is. mr. bennet: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the vice president: without objection. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. for the information of the senate, on behalf of the leader, i ask that yesterday's order with respect to the cruz nomination be executed at 11:30 a.m. today. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i'm delighted that you're in the chair for this conversation about judge kato crewses. today i rise in strong support of president biden's nominee for the u.s. district court for the district of colorado, judge cato crews. judge crews is a true son of colorado. he was born in pueblo, in the high desert, the southern part of our state. his family didn't have a lot while he was growing up, but his parents worked hard and always put their kids first. since he was in middle school, judge crews knew he wanted to become a lawyer. his dad was a solo practitioner

mr. bennet, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. schatz, aye. zl■5 the clerk: mr. paul, no.rk: mr. whitehouse, aye.w the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. markey, aye.mene. mr. manchin, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no.■v■i■é the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. ■ mr. schmitt, no. mr. scott of south carolina, noc mr. braun, no. mr. murphy, ay the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. lankford, no. ms. smith, e.fe the clerk: mr. éihagerty, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.6■m the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. the nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the 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 do hereby move to bring to a close d

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. kaine mr. kaine, aye. -- the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: ms. gillibrand, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. cotton, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. . ms. baldwin, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. moran, aye. u6 the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mrs. britt, no.zf the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. graham, aye. ms. collins, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. rubio, ay homeschool. vote: the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. . mr. le

mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the presiding officer: mr. king, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 45. two-thirds of the senators voting, a quorum being presented, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on the reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the united states. under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: erika l. mcen mcen -- to be laborer of -- to be commissioner of labor statistics. test: the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president, i would like to say a few words on the resolution i've introduced under section 502b of the foreign assistance act which i intend to bring to the floor next week. this resolution is privilege

mr. bennet, aye. vote the clerk: mr. van hollen the clerk: mr. markey, aye.g officer: the yeas are 79, the nays are 19. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: amtrak board of directors, anthony rosario coscia of new jersey to be a director. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate officials may skim off the top palestinians is not dissimilar. cannot understand why democratic colleagues including the chair of the foreign relations committee who push too hard i want to shovel billions of taxpayer dollars to one of the most corrupt enemies on the entire planet. read more at roll call.com. ♪♪ she's been is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including media column. >> we believe whether you live here are right here or in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast, reliable internet. ♪♪ >>edia column supports c-span as a public service ang with these other television providers given you a front row seat to democracy. ♪♪ discovered the heartbeat of democra

mr. bennet, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no.mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye.■ the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no.o vote: 57■u the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. lankford, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 66, the nays are 29, and the motion is agreed to. mr. cardin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i have three requests fduring today's sessio senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. as the chair of the senate foreign relations committee, i come to the floor to advise our colleagues about the urgency for us to take up and pass the supplemental appropriations bill that contains many important provisions, but i'm going to start with the most urgent, and that is providing assistance to ukraine to defend itself from the brutal attack by the russian federation. vladimir putin could change the equation in ukraine in a matter of weeks. his tanks could be rolling

mr. bennet, no. mr. markey, no.c the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. mr. merkley, no. ■ the clerk: mr.erk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: the yeas are 13, the nays are 82. e is not agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer:■ -- the presiding officer: under the previous order, amendment number 1381 is agreed to as amended is considered read a third time. e up to six minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote onb$ passage of h.r. 2872 as amended. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will in order. mr. schumer: mr. president, we have good namerica. there will not be a shutdown on friday. because both sides have worked together, the government will stay will not be disrupted, we will avoid a needless disaster. my colleagues and i, on both sides of the aisle, worked late into the evening last night to reach this agreement. so i thank everyone for their good work, keeping the government open wasn't a given. we stayed up nego

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. white house, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. boozman. the clerk

mr. bennet, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. eb■ the ,kclerk: mr.e: ■4 thune, aye. ■á;5■[f the clerk: mr. carper, aye. 7áe the clerk:s mr. murphy, aye. ■a vote: the playbook to odessa, to kharkiv and millions will die in kyiv will become a russian city. well, this body has what it takes a resupply ukraine. rush putting one-third of its entire budget for 2024 towards its war effort. rush is receiving new ballistic missiles, artillery rounds, military equipment and drones, from its allies north korea-china and iran. and yet we are2l■e still decidig whether we as ukraine's primary ally are going to support them in the fight to come. i just want to remind my colleagues what's at stake in this fight. we are making a decision as we speak right now as to whether ukraine is an independent sovereign nation, or whether ukraine once again is a russian state, russian province. is an t city, with a kyiv is a russian city. never before in our lifetime han like russia invaded and neighboring country with the sole purpose of the structure, annihilaed, if kyiv becau

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. brown, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr.idy, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. tillis, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. kaine, aye. &y the clerk: mrs.britt, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. llin, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. te: the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. s@kb the clerk: mr. welch, no. warren, no. ms. lummis, no. ms. lummis, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 72, the n the motion is agreed to. 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 cse debate on the motion to proceed to

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr.van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. . the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. sanders, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: ms. earns, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. ernst, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. cra

mr. bennet, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. young, aye. vote:. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. vote mr. schumer: mr. president the presiding officer: the jorpt leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session, be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, very quick one tonight. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, january 9. that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reservedfor their use later in the day and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business, the se

political commentator scott bennet is joining us now from san francisco. mr. bennett, welcome to the program. uh, first of all, uh, if you may share with us your initial reaction when you heard the decision uh, to cut funding foron. at this point in time? well, it shows us two things. number one, we see a premeditated political, psychological attack by the israelis and certain allies to shut down an agency claiming to have uh opposition talk. or terrorist ties or or whatever that is, but more importantly what it what it shows by this political attack and and of course no evidence behind it is, is that israel's primary strategy is to cause as much suffering, devastation and misery as it possibly can in the gaza territory, so that in six months to year things have have decayed and descended so abysmally, that then israel can steal the northern part of the land and the access points to the gas fields in the mediterranean, while the world then steps in and provides uh miraculous water and food to these people that at six months from now will be like skeletons, so