mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 52, the nays are 42, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, sanket jayshukh bulsara of new york to be united states district judge for the eastern district of new york. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate >> the u.s. senate now in recess for their weekly caucus meetings. today the senators confirmed courtny to donald to be the u.s. permanent representative to the scientific and cultural organization known as you nesto. also considering district court judge nomineesor new york and south dakota. coming up this evening, senors are expected to vote to repeal a treasury department rule involving conavirus state and local recovery funds. watch live coverage of the u.s. senate when members returnt a 2:15 eastern this afternoon here >> 2025 budget request before a house homeland security subcommittee. watch live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2, c-span now, our fr

mr. bennet, aye. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. romney, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: the yeas are 90, the nays are 4. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. romney, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. cornyn, no. -- the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. collins, aye. ms. hirono, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. vote: the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: but here in the united states in 2024. intimidation of u.s. students support for terrorists, calls violence against fellow americans. we've seen at all, and more on college campuses over the past few weeks. and too often this repugnant behavior has been abetted by the action, or an action of campus faculty and administrators. jewish students simply walking around the campuses have heard things like hamas, we love you. burn tel aviv to the ground. from the river to the sea. we are hamas. every one of those slogans has been used at protests. a cbs article from a few days ago reported, and i quote, near columbia university anti-semitic slogans including go back to poland were heard among the protesters chance. in one peter a chemistry can be seen holding a sign near jewish students th

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. sullivan. mr. tester. m

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. i am proud very proud the first country to recognize israel we have been steadfast allies in support one another time spoke prosperous and challenging. however, this year's israeli independence day came during a time of great turmoil. israel battled horses but waged war against them since october 7. we join as they mourn the loss 1200 israelis killed in that initial attack and pray for the safe return of hostages still kept in captivity and hamas. his long-standing u.s. israel relationship is now becoming unnecessarily strained by president biden's left to appease those in his party do not support the state of israel. democracy and freedom in the middle east. october 7 attacks marks the most horrific attack israel has suffered the founding and deadliest day for the jewish people as the holocaust. how do we get to this? seen all across our college campuses. we saw president biden clap along to these demands again as he delivered commencement address just t

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. carper, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no. ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. rounds, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no.c the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 43, the nays are 50, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no.

mr. bennet had a marginal lead in the state of wisconsin because of how the electoral college works, these will have an outsized influence on november's election. polls have also shown that president biden's support has fallen particularly among young, black and hispanic voters. the biden campaign has tried to move the needle by focusing heavily on issues like abortion and student loan debt and gun control. mr. trump meanwhile is due back in a new york court tuesday with closing arguments expected to begin in his hush money criminal trial. let's talk about all of this now with the chief election and campaign correspondent for cbs news. bob, always great to have you here. a lot to go through here. let's start with closing arguments, expected, a verdict, possibly also this week. what can we anticipate to see? >> closing arguments will begin tomorrow in lower manhattan where the former president and presumptive republican nominee has been stuck for weeks. based on my conversation with sources close to the case, you can expect the prosecution to look at the testimony. over 20 witnesses. to say

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. 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. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 3935 which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 211, h.r. 3935, an act to amend title 49 united states code, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate >> and the senate will be back this amp at 2 eastern for more debate on a 5-year federal aviation administration reauthorization bill with. a vote on whether to begin work on the measure is scheduled for 7 p.m. eastern. current faa programs expire on may 10th. as always, lye coverage of the >> charter is proud to be recognized as one of th

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. vote: an creepy loud our goal is to have an environment that allows technologies including ai to germinate, to bloom and to flourish. and so we think that is the major road to widespread human prosperity. we are excited to tackle the bigger problems that we think are in the united states right now. click so much so that make you a director policy specifically to that. that reflects the concern they have. >> ai has huge potential to create widespread human abundance. this new set of tools new and i have talked about in the past. but this new set of degenerative ai creates a whole new set of tools that empowers individuals to create new and powerful types of communication with each other. we think it's one of the big tools. as ai continues to be used t

mr. bennet, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 84, the nays are 13. three-fourths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i call up amendment 2040 to the text proposed to be stricken. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, proposes amendment numbered 2040 to the text proposed to be stricken by amendment 1911. mr. schumer: i ask to dispense with further reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i call up -- a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: i call up second-degree amendment number 2041. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from washington, ms. cantwell, for mr. schumer -- ms. cantwell: mr. president, i ask that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding o

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr.ohnson, no. mr. casey, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. young, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52. the nays are 40. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considere

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no o. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. ms. butler, aye. mr. trump dur -- mr. durbin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. mcconnell,

mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- marshall. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, blumenthal, booker, cantwell, capito, cardin, cortez masto, cruz, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, merkley, ossoff, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, smith, warnock, warren, and whitehouse. mr. carper, no. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. wyden, no. mr. king, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. van hollen, no. ms. collins, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. cotton, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. klobuchar, no. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. duckworth, no. mr. welch, no. mr. durbin, no. mr. graham, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. ms. butler, no. the clerk: m

mr. chairman. >> senator bennet. >> thank you, mr.s chairman. thank thank you, mr. witty,g here today. similar issues i want to talk about in terms of colorado here and very grateful the chairman and the ranking member has held this. mr. witty, i appreciate the initial efforts that uhg has been to accelerate payments to offer some financial assistance. this is obviously affecting cash flows all across the state. we have patience in colorado that are continuing to need care. since the hacked my office has been working with offices all over the state. they are still two or three months away from the normal cash flow and they are already as you know operating on on a shoesg as this is. some top of what they're dealing with gnome reimbursement trust the seas have yet to come back online. one critical access hospital in colorado had $1.5 million in outstanding payments that are receivable, half of the total monthly revenue. there builds greater doctors and nurses and other staff is at risk as result of this so the operation risk is not just hospitals. arma sees in loveland colorado haven't

mr. secretary. i yield back, thank you, madam chair. >> thank you very much. we will go to senator ernst and senator bennetr the members, the second vote has started so we will continue. >> great. >> thank you, madam chair and thank you so much, mr. secretary, great to have you inb front of us today and great to have another iowan here. last month i kicked off my yearly river to river tour, going back and forth across the state of iowa from the mississippi river on the eastern side to the missouri on the western side of the state. while i've been out visiting, one of the questions that continues to stand out is when congress will come together and pass a farm bill, the ag groups are active in the town halls and producers and rural communities deserve to have a comprehensive piece of legislation that provides the most certainty. for us to be resorting to a kick the can down the road mentality isn't an option for farmers and ranchers and it es should not be an option for congress either. i hurt -- hope we come to the table and negotiate a bill that focuses on the farm. secretary vilsac, before i dig into the

bennet: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you all for being here. thank you for your service. director burns, the fbi director just mentioned president bush. i think you were his -- you had one of the longest career -- distinguished careers in american diplomacy. and now you are in the middle of a and now, you are in the middle of a negotiation in the middle east that i think everybody up here hopes that you are going to be successful about. in that context, i want to ask you about the supplemental bill that has the ukraine funding in it. that is a bill that passed out of the senate with 70 votes. we almost don't pass anything around here with 70 votes, or broad bipartisan recognition of the importance of that bill. i agree with your assessment and the intelligence committee assessment that ukraine has the possibility to prevail in this conflict with russia. nobody two years ago would have believed that but the way they fought, the way they have been able to be supported by our intelligence, obviously, it has made a difference. they succeeded in way

mr. bhatt, but there's an issue that happened in floyd bennet field which is national park service sold in new york city. you may have ask what in will does that have to do with this project? altered what it has to do. this administration used alternatives of arrangements to waive every neap and environmental regulation in the park service to build a migrant camp and he did that and less than two weeks. they waved all those regulations. regulations. i'm wondering if administration has the intent to use alternative arrangements not just cds but alternative arrangements to repair this bridge which is obviously very vital infrastructure? >> sir, so we're in post coordination with marilyn d.o.t. we're not going to waive nepa but it is our strong likely we will end up with a categorical exclusion because when replacing a bridge in relatively the same footprint that existed before. >> does the administration have the legal authority to waive nepa fees to go be on the ce? >> sir, spit the answer is and they can do that and it's amazing to me that they would do it on a park service facility that a

bennet the second boat has started. we will continue. >> thank you, madam chair and thank you so much mr.retary, it's great to have you in front of us today great to have another eye on here. last month i kicked up meyer river to river to work going back and put between the state of iowa and mississippi river she and missouri on the western side and while visiting one of the questions that continues to stand up is one of us will come together to pass a farm bill. it's really active in our town halls and producers in rural communities deserve to have a company has a piece of legislation that provides them with certainty. to resort to a kick the can mentality isn't an option for farmers and ranchers and should not be an option for congress either so i hope we can come to the table and negotiate a bill of bill that actually focuses on the farm. victoria built, before i dig into those specific questions, i would like to address the work policies of the department of agriculture. we are weeks away from the four year anniversary of federal buildings being temporarily closed due to the covid pan

mr. werfel: had to start somewhere. chair wyden: you did. senator whitehouse. sen. whitehouse: first of all, let me echo what senator bennet said, i meet regularly with my taxpayer advocate in rhode island and she has seen her workload expedited so quickly is -- as the caseload she carries to help rhode island constituents has been able to move much more rapidly and successfully through the irs in the wake of funding. you have a fan who can show real results from the work you have done to simplify and speed things up at the irs. the topic i want to raise with you is when i have raised before, the problem of 501(c)(3) and 501(c) four enforcement. my view is that when the supreme court performed its citizens united decision, that unleashed its normal cements of money into the political system and made it for the first time a very significant and consequential think to be able to hide who the donors were. once you have got tens of million of dollars to donate, it is a whole different game than thousands of dollars. they went straight to work and the first area was 501(c)(4). i will concede that the irs did a fumble of how it