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.

mr. booker, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. lankford, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas

mr. booker: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise today for a moment of reflection about an extraordinary person, and i would like for permission to give zach mccue permission to sit next to me while i give these remarks that will most certainly embarrass him tremendously. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. booker: thank you very, very much, mr. president. at the very much for the fist pump, mr. president. i know that you have a lot of appreciation, love for new jersey. so this is really a new jersey moment. so thank you, sir. i rise today with an extraordinary amount of joy but sadness, an extraordinary amount of pride but a sense of loss because today i get a chance to say a few words about my very embarrassed longtime friend, member of my staff, zach mccue. now, zach has been a member of my staff my entire time in the united states senate. in fact, he predated me in this office, because zach worked ford my predecessor, senator frank lautenberg. so he has served in this institution and has served the people of new

mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 15. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: the chair lays -- the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate the following. the clerk: the committee on conference on the disagreeing votes on the two houses on the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2670 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities so forth and for other purposes, having met, have agreed that the house received from its disagreement to the amendment of the senate and agree to the same with an amendment and the senate agreed to the same. signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both houses. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators,

mr. booker, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. warnock, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. daines, no. mrs. fischer, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no.

mr. booker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. booker: mr. president, i rise today because we are living in a nation besieged by gun violence. so far this year -- so far our nation has experienced this year 630 mass shootings. now this is day number 340 in the year 2023. so 340 days, 630 mass shootings. that's nearly as many -- twice as many mass shootings as we've seen days. our precious children are afraid to go to school. they're worried that their classroom might be the next rob elementary, marjorie stoneman douglas or sandy hook, as we remember that somber anniversary. i heard one of my colleagues, the senator from wyoming earlier today say that they're trying to take our freedoms away. we've heard that a lot from folks on the other side. they're trying to take our freedoms away. it's a strange freedom that regularly sends our children into lockdown. what kind of freedom is that? according to the gun violence archive, we've lost over 1,500 children to gun violence this year. and i think that there is a kind of unspoken assumption as we'v

mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. brown, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. capito, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. rounds, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. brawn, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. # the clerk: mr.

mr. booker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. er: i am pretty excited, in fact, let's just say this is the season of joy and i feel such joy today. the gentleman that just spoke, the senator from illinois, the chairman of the judiciary committee, he is a man of heroic action, and what we are marking today, this anniversary, is in so much due to his work, stea steadfast leadership on these issues years before i came here. we're celebrating this moment of joy and a moment of deep, profound gratitude, and i want to give senator durbin my deep thanks. i also want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. i want to thank chuck grassley. i want to thank mike leigh. i want to thank -- mike lee. i want to thank all of their staffs who worked so hard for this moment. this was truly a bipartisan effort and one of the best experiences i've had as a united states senator. in addition, we worked with the president's staff and his team to get to that bill and that moment. we had activists across the political spectrum, from people

mr. booker mr. madea, mr. welsh, mr. butler, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. gornick, mr. lee, mr. cruz, mr. holly, mr. cotton, mr. kennedy, mr. tillis, mrs. blackburn. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor picked up next to sarah russell nominated u.s. district court for the district of connecticut. does anyone seek recognition? senator lee? >> mr. chairman i have got some concerns with this nominee. made some statements that i think are incompatible with someone wanting to serve as a life tenured article three federal judge. during the height of covid, one of my many concerns relates to a letter that she signed on to. a letter that reflects a certain betrayal in term reflecting a lack of judicial temperament. the letter that she signed onto his captioned, urgent action needed to protect individuals and connecticut's prisons and jails from coronavirus 19. we call that on the governor on the state of connecticut and all connecticut jurisdictions to number one immediately released to the maximum extent possible, this is a quote, people incarcerated pretrial and p

mr. booker, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: the vice president: are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or change a vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam vice president. the vice president: the majority leader. mr. schumer: today is historic. vice president harris has just cast her 32nd tiebreaking vote, the most tiebreakers ever. i join all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle thanking the vice president for her leadership and for making the work of the senate possible. the record vice pre

mr. booker, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr.. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. scott of south carolina -- mr. scott of florida, no. mr. budd, no. mr. moran, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. braun, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. vote: roll c

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. vote: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, butler, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, grassley, kaine, manchin, murphy, murray sanders, schatz, shaheen, sinema, stabenow, warnock, whitehouse, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- crapo, lankford, mullin, wicker. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: wmr. rounds, aye. -- mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the cler

mr. booker, on your remarkable achievements and your well deserved honorary designation. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the achievements of the frank calen boys and girls club in savannah, georgia. it was started by frank in 1917 and the club was accepted into the national organization in 1922. since its inception, this club has served the savannah youth by being a safe place to learn and a safe place to play. it also serves as the home of some world class athletes. l.s.u. basketball star, johnson, and university of georgia football star, nolan smith, with both proud alumni of the club. both of these amazing athletes have graduated to winning national championships in their respective sports, and they have not forgotten their roots. both have recently made generous donations to the place where they got their start. i also want to thank mark lindsey, who serves as the executive director of the club. people like mark are essential in the development of our youth and our community as a whole. i want to thank everyone involved with the frank calen boys and girls club and

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. the clerk: ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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. van

mr. chairman for your grace and mercy. >> thank you senator booker. mr. campbell, thank you for being here. to your family, thank you for serving as well. let's talk about north korea. you have said that north korea is the land about options. tell me if you've got any creative ideas for risk reduction. the cards on the table, i think, as a fantasy, i think we have been engaged in magical thinking for quite a while, and you are known as a pragmatist and someone who understands the region really well. what do we do? clearly, our current policy, which, by the way, has been the policy on a bipartisan basis for 20 odd years, it's clearly not working. what should we do? >> look, senator schatz, i will say, this has flummoxed american diplomats for decades. but, i'm concerned, as you are, that we are heading into a new period, and that period could be quite concerning. the steps that we have taken today have been, primarily, to strengthen the regional deterrent around north korea, and what we've done with japan and south korea. and, other countries as well. i th

booker t. washington said mr. president, my advice?ent and he went against her and the black community at the time hit it. >> he lost the black community basically as a result. this was not racism, he said and i believe it, if it was a white group, he would have done it, too. the problem was tr didn't understand military discipline my he studied deeply how the romans did it and the spartans did it and in those cultures, disciplining the entire group for the actions of one man was common practice. >> i think that's what got him but he got stubborn about it and didn't change. >> roosevelt stubbornness extended beyond presidency. the now former commander-in-chief was displeased with how his handpicked successor, president howard taft running the nation seeking reelection at any cost, tr created controversial third-party. roosevelt one endorsement in particular could change the tide of the election. >> the timing critique may have led roosevelt down with bitterness because it when he decided to run against taft, he never got booker t. wash

senator booker. >> mr. chairman, i just want to say that senator kennedy is santa claus of spirit, but is the grinch when it comes to stealing my time. but, it's good to see him as always. >> i'm sorry. >> director wray, it's good to see you again. i just want to say, i don't get to say this often, but having years and years of working with fbi agents in new jersey, i just know that you represent an organization of extraordinarily noble people, who do things on a daily basis to protect us and keep us safe that most americans don't know about. this time of year, especially, just that heroism, i wanted to recognize it at the top. i listened in my office to a lot of the earlier questioning, and i'm really grateful for how much of an emphasis you have been putting on the safety and security of americans to racist and religious hate. it was, literally, hours after the october 7th attacks that i was in israel, and i reached out to my colleagues in the democratic caucus and said, we have to get more money for the

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

been displaced since then. member of the kenya palestine solidarity movement, booker engesa joins us now from kesumu, kenya. mr. engesa, welcome to the program. i i want to start off with your perspective on this asymmetrical and genocidal war that is being carried out against uh the palestinians and it continues sumit the silence of the international community. how many more innocent women and children have to die in gaza before the international community steps in? thank you very much, comrade. first of all, we pass our revolutionary greetings and our permanent and unconditional solidarity with the palestinian people. and in the work of the carpet bombing of gaza and the genocide against the palestinian people, this is not something that we expect the international community. uh, you know, to resolve, because the international community is captured, the united nations security council is captured. in fact, it has renewed our call that we need a different architecture, the united nations security council. first of all, who vetes, an end of a genocide? we have seen the united states administration and the ruli

senator booker. >> mr. chairman, i just want to say that senator kennedy is santa claus of spirit, but is the grinch when it comes to stealing my time. but, it's good to see him as always. >> i'm sorry. >> director wray, it's good to see you again. i just want to say, i don't get to say this often, but having years and years of working with fbi agents in new jersey, i just know that you represent an organization of extraordinarily noble people, who do things on a daily basis to protect us and keep us safe that most americans don't know about. this time of year, especially, just that heroism, i wanted to recognize it at the top. i listened in my office to a lot of the earlier questioning, and i'm really grateful for how much of an emphasis you have been putting on the safety and security of americans to racist and religious hate. it was, literally, hours after the october 7th attacks that i was in israel, and i reached out to my colleagues in the democratic caucus and said, we have to get more money for the

booker. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's difficult for me because i'm in new york new jersey.n violence that is for the rest of my life but also the racial tinge that this has that we often talked about this as an urban problem it infuriates me because i think it makes it harder from 2016 to 2020, 13 of the 20 counties with the most gun homicides per capita were rural communities. it's very frustrating that they will talk about chicago that i've heard so demonizes a city that doesn't have the highest murders per capita of american cities or even american counties and it obscures the strategy to do something about this. with the urban communities like mine have that frustrates me and i think this was said by others is there's a whole bunch of other problems that are correlated with violence. high lead poisoning levels. high poverty levels. i could go on and on of issues thatsu i've heard people on the conservative side of the aisle to the conservative side of the country to understand we are not often getting at n the root problems that create environments where violence prolif

mr. adams. the man. time to alone. you. the floor. thank you, george. take your time, booker. around. thank you. might have a few words, but always, sir, to say. this tea is really a slow and has a corrosive effect on those who handle it. i have given it up since it has become a political poison and find that i have since grown in fortitude and strength of constitution to nothing of value. its use is improper and pernicious and leads to various disorders in silence. i trust you, fellow will also resolve to resist this. this boston distemper to fight your cravings for this wicked weed and for needless imported commodity is stopped by. we are a free and sensible people. boston. we have gathered here tonight to redress of grievances, which is our right here. here where this discord will end. i cannot. i make no probable conjecture. will not anyway. but once the hand is at the plow, there must be no looking beady god will send you down. give the man his time. dr. young has floor. god only knows why. thank. thank you. mm. what measures will the king take in consequence of this refusal to bring the te

mr. adams. the man. time to alone. you. the floor. thank you, george. take your time, booker. around. thank you. might have a few words, but always, sir, to say. this tea is really a slow and has a corrosive effect on those who handle it. i have given it up since it has become a political poison and find that i have since grown in fortitude and strength of constitution to nothing of value. its use is improper and pernicious and leads to various disorders in silence. i trust you, fellow will also resolve to resist this. this boston distemper to fight your cravings for this wicked weed and for needless imported commodity is stopped by. we are a free and sensible people. boston. we have gathered here tonight to redress of grievances, which is our right here. here where this discord will end. i cannot. i make no probable conjecture. will not anyway. but once the hand is at the plow, there must be no looking beady god will send you down. give the man his time. dr. young has floor. god only knows why. thank. thank you. mm. what measures will the king take in consequence of this refusal to bring the te