mr. calhoun: i have. chair blumenthal: what's the story? mr. calhoun: the ntsb is involved and will investigate the hypotheses that we are aware of not involving the manufacturer or the airplane. chair blumenthal: what is the cause of those rolls? the same phenomenon that occurred before the ethiopian airline crash? mr. calhoun: no, sir. i have to let the ntsb do the work. chair blumenthal: what about fasteners improperly used? mr. mckenzie: clarification on the fasteners, these are fasteners that are common to the side of body for the 787. all the fasteners are installed, all of them are torqued to the proper torque specifications. the subtlety is using the head side of the fastener as opposed to the not side -- the nu side, so we are redoing the analysist to see if that has safety implications. chair blumenthal: so there may be a problem. mr. mckenzie: the first submodel analysis shows completely acceptable. the torque is the right torque. chair blumenthal: completely acceptable or unacceptable? mr. mckenzie: acceptable, it is fine the way it

mr. blumenthal: mr.sident, i just want to add, and i thank senator blackburn for her excellent summary and argument, this reference to social speech, we're dealing here with social media companies. this proposed rule of construction, in effect, would destroy the bill. that's the intent here, and we're not going to let it happen. i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: a few comments on the support the authors of the bill have come forward with. the discussion is that state attorneys are not empowered, when in actuality if you read the bill the state attorneys are empowered. they're specifically referred to in the bill, and they are specifically empowered to sue if and when the child online safety committee prom ul gates rules to the ftc. this is specifically given to not only state attorneys general, but rulemaking authority is given in the bill. state attorney generals will also be allowed to sue, even

mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: on this vote the yeas are ( 52, the nays are 39 and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary. joseph francis saporito jr. of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: in a few minutes senator klobuchar, chair of the rules committee, will ask for a unanimous consent request on two bills -- the protect elections from deceptive a.i. act and the a.i. transparency and election act. i want to thank senator klobuchar for her leadership on these bills and for her committee's bipartisan work to protect our elections from the potential harms of a.i. both of these bills, the protect elections from deceptive a.i. act and the a.i. transparency and election act, have bipartisan suppo

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. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr.

mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: the yeas are 85, the nays are 12. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, united states tax court, adam b. landy of south carolina to be a judge. the presiding officer: 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 the debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 551, margaret l. taylor of maryland to be legal advisor of the department of state, signed by 17 senators. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. a senator: i ask for five minutes equally divided between myself and senator cardin prior to the vote. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senate will come to order. the senator from idaho. mr. risch: mr. president, i rise in opposition to the nomination of margaret l. taylor to be legal advisor to the department of state.

mr. blumenthal: i ask that it be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i come here today to talk briefly on the kids online safety act. before the milestone historic vote that we will take at about noon today. for years, in fact for decades, congress has discussed and debated the need for reform and safeguards in the internet. we've held dozens of hearings, brought mark zuckerburg and every other big-tech ceo to our committees. and there's been broad agreement -- something needs to be done, we need rules, safeguards, despite countless polls showing public bipartisan demand for legislation, nothing has happened. nothing. senator blackburn and i began working on our subcommittee when we held legislative investigation on kids online safety. throughout that process, we began to meet with parents who had lost their children because of social media's harms, from bullying, fentanyl, sex exploitation, and other horrific ha harms. as a parent of four children, and senator blackburn also is a parent, we felt deeply the grief, b

mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. >> i rise today to pay tribute to a great gentleman. a dear friend, a colleague, a

mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mrs.lackburn, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the presiding officer: on this issue, the -- on this nomination, the yeas are 50. the nays are 43. 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. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: frng you, mr. president. for -- thank you, mr. president. for so many people in lahaina, next week marks one year since the worst day of their lives. they watched in horror as wind-whipped fires barrelled into town at blistering speed and sent everything in their path up in flames. they saw the only homes in places they'd ever known and lived in fall around them and with just minutes to escape, they gathered whatever they could and ran for their lives. it is a testament to the generosity and comrade di that typifies

mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. paul, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. king, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. moran

mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i come here today to talk briefly on the kids online safety act. before the milestone historic vote that we will take at about noon today. for years, in fact for decades, congress has discussed and debated the need for reform and safeguards in the internet. we've held dozens of hearings, brought mark zuckerburg and every other big-tech ceo to our committees. and there's been broad agreement -- something needs to be done, we need rules, safeguards, despite countless polls showing public bipartisan demand for legislation, nothing has happened. nothing. senator blackburn and i began working on our subcommittee when we held legislative investigation on kids online safety. throughout that process, we began to meet with parents who had lost their children because of social media's harms, from bullying, fentanyl, sex exploitation, and other horrific ha harms. as a parent of four children, and senator blackburn also is a parent, we felt deeply the grief, but we admired the grit and grace of t

mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. welch, aye. mrs. murray, aye. vote:

mr. blumenthal: mr. president, i just want to add, and i thank senator blackburn for her excellent summary and argument, this reference to social speech, we're dealing here with social media companies. this proposed rule of construction, in effect, would destroy the bill. that's the intent here, and we're not going to let it happen. i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: a few comments on the support the authors of the bill have come forward with. the discussion is that state attorneys are not empowered, when in actuality if you read the bill the state attorneys are empowered. they're specifically referred to in the bill, and they are specifically empowered to sue if and when the child online safety committee prom ul gates rules to the ftc. this is specifically given to not only state attorneys general, but rulemaking authority is given in the bill. state attorney generals will also be allowed to sue, e

mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ms.masto, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. . mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. s the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. vote: the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. vote: senior democrat on the committee. for many years. and we produce nearly two dozen national defense authorization acts. we traveled to combat zones and military post around the world, and work to support our men in uniform, men and women in uniform. and as a said before, there are many issues we disagreed upon, but we were able in many, many, if n

mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr.un, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. manchin aye:. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. budd, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. moran, no. mr. thune, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. king, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the

mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hirono, ay yunus. vote: no one is above the law. criminal prosecution for actions he checked while in office. they incorrectly declared all future presidents are entitled to a breathtaking level of immunity. so long as their conduct is carried out in their official capacity as president. they incorrectly declared in effect the same thing richard nixon told david frost in 1977. gault, nixon said when the president does it means it is notid illegal. that is what the court in effect wasre saying. we were taught in grade school there no kings here in america. l be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 6

mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. cramer, aye. vote: vote: good afternoon, everybody. do you want to kick us off. >> i saw the conversation taking place over the weekend after the rocket strike that killed 12 children and teenagers. what conversations has the u.s. been having with lebanon and israel since that strike? >> i will not get into the specifics, but, first, let me say we strongly condemned the rocket pack. killing 12 children. secretary antony blinken spoke with the israel president today. he expressed condolences for those killed. the protection of civilians in any contact. the blue line across israel and hezbollah. going on for long enough. it is in for everyone's interest to come along quickly. it is both achievable and urgent engaged in dramatic talks because our ultimate goal is on both his sides of the border so that they can safely return to their home. the conversation is ongoing and we coordinate closely with those parties. >> have the worst israel

mr. blumenthal, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. rounds, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 82. the nays are 6. 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. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: 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. opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i ask the chair to lay before the senate a message from the house of representatives on s. 2073. t

mr. failure. >> treatment blumenthal ranking member johnson and members of the subcommittee. my name is melissa boucher on the head of commerce enablement at j.p. morgan chase. i have responsibility for our consumer payment business which includes zelle. thank you for hosting this important conversation today. in response to the growing demand for a way to securely send money to others they know and trust in real time directly from their own bank account. today, our customers tell us through surveysom and through their increased usage that they love chase cell. it is faster, more convenient and a more secure alternative to cash. chase zelle was more than a benefit it's an expectation of today's banking customers who wantn the service through their bank. at chase, customer protection is a top priority. fraud and scams have long been a societal problem in a consistent public governmental concern in this country. while it criminals up fully embrace modern technology, their core intent to exploit and deceive remains unchanged. they sell nonexistent products on social media, perpe

mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. p sanders, aye. . mr. bennet, aye. . the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: . vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 53, the nays are 39 and the nomination is it confirmed. mr. lee: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president,

mr. chairman. >>> thank you, chair blumenthal and to the ranking member for holding this hearing . thanks to all of our witnesses for being here today. mr. fowler, i want to start with a question for you. recent reporting has indicated that scammers are increasingly using ai generated voice cloning tools to impersonate the family members of their victims, and fraudulently convince victims to send the scammers funds over zelle. this gets what we are trying to drill down here. if you authorize something because you really think that is your brother on the other end of the phone who is in a desperate situation, of course you are going to authorize it. if you don't have real information, in real time about the thought that there are these voice cloning scams going on. a question from a policy point of view is, is in the best position here to make sure that we are as aggressively combating this kind of scamming as we can? i would suggest to you that large financial institutions with huge amounts of resources are in a better position that individuals who may, as chair mentioned, not even

mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president.

blumenthal: a specific remnant threat on july 13? mr. rowe: we have no information that there are any co-conspirators, but we have no evidence of that. we are not really anything out. we are looking into all possibilities. sen. blumenthal: with that on the mind of the secret service. mr. rowe: we are aware of the public sentiment and statements of the government of iran to do harm to donald j. trump and we used a threat-based model. >> thank you both for your testimony today and for your service. i want to begin discussing secret service staffing and the extent to which hsi or other personnel are augmenting or backfilling inadequate secret service capacity generally and on the day of the assassination attempt. to what extent are hsi personnel filling roles that would normally be filled by secret service personnel? >> thank you for the question. as we have done, even when we were with treasury, we listed during campaign years the assistance of other law enforcement agencies in that department, so we used atf and irs. when we transferred to