mr. booker, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. butler, aye. -- ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the nomination is confirmed and laid upon the table and the president are be -- 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 bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 116, jessica looman, of minnesota, to be administrator of the wage and hour division at the department of labor, signed by 17 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 jessica looman, of minnesota, to be administrator of the wage and hour division of the department of labor, the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call t

mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. ses the presiding officer: the ayes are 47, the nays are 49. the amendment is not agreed to. the senator from maine. order. ms. collins: i call up senator blackburn's amendment numbered 1349 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by number. the clerk: the senator from maine, ms. collins, for mrs. blackburn, proposes numbered 1339 to amendment numbered 1092. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. all in favor say aye. all opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. budd: i call up my amendment numbered 1243 and ask it be reported are. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from south carolina, mr. budd, proposes amendment numbered 439 to amendment -- mr. budd: i ask for up to ten minutes of debate equally divided before the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: is there objec

mr. booker, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. lankford, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. ferment, aye. mr. -- mr. fetterman, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the presiding officer:. the yeas are 67. the nays are 31. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered ma

mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. ms.dwin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. this is a vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 55. the nays are 42. 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 on the nomination of executive calendar n

mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. ms. cantwell, no. mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59. the nays are 38. the amend is agreed to. the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that at 2:15 p.m., the senate vote on rubio 1237 and kennedy 1354 amendments and that at 5:45 the senate vote on laferred 1232 with all previous provisions -- previous provisions remaining in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. a senator: mr. president. the presidin

mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. hawley, aye. mr. young, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ■mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 47. the nays are 51. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. kennedy: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that there be up to six minutes of debate equally divided prior to the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam president. madam president, i call u

mr. booker, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr., no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 67, the nays are 29. 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 on the nomination of executive calendar number 297, julia kathleen munley of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania, signed by

mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. sanders, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. tester, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no.

mr. booker, aye. mr. daines, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr.off, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. kelly, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. scott of north carolina, no. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays are 52, nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is conside

mr. booker, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the president pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 88, the nays are 9. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the passage of this bill, the bill is passed. mr. schumer: madam president. it's been a day full of twists and turns, but the american people can breathe a sigh of relief. there will be no government shutdown. democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship, and we're glad that speaker mccarthy has finally heeded our message. in the end more democrats supported this bill in the house than republicans, proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. i want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. yourself, madam president, susan collins, and leader mcconnell. our bipartisan work in the senate set the tone for the bill we're

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. tuberville. mr.

simple, it's been simple, but it's not what the regime obviously wants, if i can come back to you to mr booker and gesous point, he said is more difficult today for the west, especially the us. to influence public opinion that it seems that the regime is losing that campaign, do you agree the world is more alert than ever and everyone knows exactly what's going on? definitely, mean the evidence for that is the 300,000 humans who do got uh maybe took to the streets of london last week and continue to do so or the protes that we saw pro palestin projects that we saw in texas, that we saw in new york, that we saw even today this this evening in new york, which is morning here in in west asia, we saw jews, jews, americans from a jewish religion in new york, stating their refusal of the innilation of the palestinian people and saying loudly, you could, it's on viral on social media, saying not in our name, and we do not want this war, ceasefire, humanitarian aid for gaza, so these are people supposedly have the back of the design entity, but now they don't, move to the rest of the europe. countries

mr. booker, mr. boseman, mr. brown, mr. but, ed mr., cantwell, mr. caputo -- mr. casey. >> let me turn to my colleague, manu raju, who is up on capitol hill right now, as we are both watching this. manu raju, can you help, without help the viewers out at home, what we are looking at right now. is this? it >> this is, it jim. -- chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell, they reached an agreement and -- the final vote, to keep the government open on this bill that passes the house just today, 45-day extension. they said they went to the floor, nobody objected. that means they locked in the final vote. and that's exactly what is happening right now on the senate floor, after mcconnell and schumer both spoke as we heard, now the senators are going to come, aye and nay, this will probably take an hour or so and it takes a long time for the senate to vote and it's a very old-fashioned chamber. they still vote by paper ballots, they don't do things electronically, like the house does, this -- including single votes. so this vote is -- and maybe 9:00 hour and when it will pass p

mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 63, the nays are 32. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president, i don't expect this to be the best formed set of remarks that i've ever made on the floor of the united states senate, and i would guess that they could be re

mr. booker, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. coons, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the ayes are 93. the nays are zero, and the resolution is agreed to. under the previous order, the preamble be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the president pro tempore. the president pro tempore: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: and to get as many a

mr. booker, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. bennet, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. wyden, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr

. >> thank you, mr chairman, senator booker. sen. booker: thank you, mr chairman secretary lew. it's very good to see you here. i was in israel when the rockets attacks began and took shelter in the hotel bomb shelter and had the faces of people observing ss castor all around me who couldn't check their phones. but we were seeing the dawning reality that this was not just a rocket attack but the most heinous grotesque attack on jewish people since the holocaust. it was sobering to understand that not just hamas being a terrorist organization, but they were attacking other humans in ways with a barbarity that was just unimaginable. uh, you know this, well, hamas is an organization that is very founding is to kill jews and they have no consideration for the obvious of, of israel's uh uh strength. they understood completely that they, as they scurried back into gaza that they would put uh palestinians lives at risk. uh and it's clear from their history, they don't care about palestinian lives. they have abducted palestinians , tortured palestinians, killed the palestinians all to p

booker? >> thank you, mr. chairman.the child exploitation our country we have seen reported his standing and shameful and truly extraordinary when you think of the united states and american eighth-grader killed on a cleaning shift on a poultry plant in mississippi a 14-year-old hospitalized in alabama after being overworked and a chicken operation at 7-year-old in ohio had his leg torn off at the knee monthly processing facility. an addict child lost his hand and a meat grinder in the michigan operation. a 14-year-old named working an overnight shift in our country. this should horrify everyone. but given what we know it should not surprise us. i am glad we are discussing this strength faithful for this hearing as a whole range of things we could be doing to better serve immigrant children but i want to say this clearly. employers have a responsibility to abide by federal labor law and the moral standards of our nation. within their companies on plant floors and their contracts they should follow the rules of law and t

mr. chairman. >> senator booker. >> sherry good to hear, the rockets again and shelter in the hotel bomb shelter and people observing all around me who couldn't to check the phones but this was not just a rocket attack but heinous attack since the holocaust. it was sobering to understand they were attacking other human waste that was unimaginable. you know as well hamas is an organization that they have no consideration, they understood completely back into gaza they would put palestinian lives at risk and it's clear from history dental care about palestinian lives. reporter: palestinians call to pursue terrorist means and window they have often focused on efforts toward peace and a great core. they began immediately attacking israelis bombing buses and more. i will tell you and it's been said by others bipartisan leaders talking to your character, i rarely had a situation where i have calls for they testify and agree with policies but they testified to your character and that is a time we need principal people and it gives me great solace in this time of heartbreak you step forward. i want to t

point outside free. well we have a booker and guess back, he is member of the kenya palestine solidarity movement in nairobi, now as you could please continue explaining mroccupation, that will not break the collective will of the people that are determined to break the yog of colonialism, because israel as it is is a construction of white settler colonialism and they continue to impose very dire conditions, especially within you know gaza, in fact what the gaza residents, which is about two million palestinians, which are literally under you know what could be called an open air prison, have been only be asked. the palestinian authorities to have you know to apply the siege and allow medicine, allow them to do constructions of the airport and infrastructure. all these have fallen into the death fears and the continuous bragging of the israeli military to be one of the strongest military components in the geopolitical amendments has proven to be the most vulnerable military because people see that in under 66 were engaging the the occupied territories within palestinian region, the the mossar particularly the intelligence and the israel forces were very

mr. pettiti. >> thank you for the opportunity to discuss the pertinent issues impacting athletics, name, image and likeness commonly known as nil. thank you for solutions. we have been working with senators cruz, blumenthal and booker on legislative proposals and i'm encouraged there is strong support. i'm teen tony pettiti, although i've only been big ten commissioner for months, i've worked in baseball. and a student athlete, first in my family to attend college. like millions of americans, college athletes helped me to continue my education and for me it was baseball. big ten is looking at research, broad-based opportunities for all students and we take great pride of our student athletes inside and outside of the classroom during their time at big ten institutions as well as afterwards. student athlete health and welfare is a top priority for us at the big ten. we provide post-separation health care which assures they have access to health care and mental health services both during and after their time on campus. >> while the big ten and other conferences currently provide these concern benefits the big ten is open to and supports efforts to discuss additional health and wellness benefits for our student athle

mr. booker, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: million welch, aye. mr. welch, aye. . the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. . the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the presiding officer: the nays are zero. the motion is agreed to. test: mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that all postcloture be considered expired at 5:00 p.m. today. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: for the information of the senate, members should expect two roll call votes starting at 5:00 p.m. mr. president, much has been said and written about the horrific hamas attack on israel on october 7. the wanton slaughter of more than a thousand israelis and estimated 200 hostages still being held is hard to fathom. one fact tells the grim story -- more jews died on this day than at any time since the holocaust. it was not just another bad day in the middle east. it was a premed taipted slaughter of -- premeditated slaughter of historic proportion. the crisis that followed has touched man