mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the presiding officer: mr. king, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 45. two-thirds of the senators voting, a quorum being presented, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on the reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the united states. under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: erika l. mcen mcen -- to be laborer of -- to be commissioner of labor statistics. test: the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president, i would like to say a few

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. snl mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wy

mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr.rk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. smith, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerh carolina, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. ricketts, no. u$ the clerk: mr. scott of floc the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. ■fo the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. kaine, aye. xr ms. rosen, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. johnson, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. brown, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote:# the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. óiv the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. reed, aye. ■■l the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mur the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ■m the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. coon

mr. carper, no.uckwo. vote:# the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. durbin, no. mr. hagerty, aye.ye. the cl kaine, no. mr. markey, no.■ the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. wicker, aye. mrs. murray, no. mr. sanders, no. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye.s mr. tillis, aye. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. mr. cramer, aye. ms. wa mr. van hollen, no. mr. romney, aye. ms. klobuchar, no. ms. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. young, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: merkley, no. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. brown, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. mr. booker, no. mr. cotton, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. warnock, no. ms cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. wyden, no. mr. kelly, no. mr. peters, no.36 ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no.,

mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. central mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper.■ ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. test. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr.

mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. mullin, aye. ■> the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, a the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. barasso, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. romney, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. v vote: the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 91. the nays are 7. the nomination is confirmed. under the p

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

mr. carper, aye. 7áe the clerk:s mr. murphy, aye.s entire budget for 2024 towards its war effort. rush is receiving new ballistic missiles, artillery rounds, military equipment and drones, from its allies north korea-china and iran. and yet we are2l■e still decidig whether we as ukraine's primary ally are going to support them in the fight to come. i just want to remind my colleagues what's at stake in this fight. we are making a decision as we speak right now as to whether ukraine is an independent sovereign nation, or whether ukraine once again is a russian state, russian province. is an t city, with a kyiv is a russian city. never before in our lifetime han like russia invaded and neighboring country with the sole purpose of the structure, annihilaed, if kyiv because does become a russian city, the post-world war ii order is over, is over. and no one here is really prepared to deal and live with those consequences. theules that govern the past 70 70 years that's provided us with relative global stability, the rules that are protec

mr. carper aye. mr. peters aye. mr. cruz aye. the clerk: mr. aye. mr. heinrich aye. the clerk: mr.hune, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the cl the clerk: mr. wooidide -- mr. wyden, aye. mr. rubio, the clerk: mr. scott of florida no. braun, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. marshall aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. daines aye. mr. rounds aye. ms. lummis aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye.r. young, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. shaheen aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no.. king, aye.

mr. carper, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. cramer, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr.g, aye. . # the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. brown, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. tillis, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. kaine, aye. &y the clerk: mrs.britt, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. llin, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. te: the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. s@kb the clerk: mr. welch, no. warren, no. ms. lummis, no. ms. lummis, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 72, the n the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in

mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr.mcconnell, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. rubio, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 83, the nays are 14, and 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 p

mr. carper, aye. mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr.y, aye. 6, the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr.braun, aye. ,v the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ■z vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. y■lh the clerk: mr. cruz, no. ■t the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ■u>91 vote: @ ■6 mehalchick. the presiding officer: the yeas are 66, the nays are 25. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to recsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will 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 in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 477. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in

mr. carper: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. rper: i want to thank my colleague joining me on the floor this evening for his service to our country. like him, i was just a pup, i was 17 years old when i raised my right hand and took an oath to defend our country and constitution as a midshipman in the navy. lots of midshipmen at the height of the vietnam war. i repeated that oath a dozen or more times, active duty, reserve duty, through the heart of the cold war, right up to today and took the same oath here not too many years ago. it's an oath i take seriously, and i know my colleagues do as well. i have had the opportunity to travel to the borders of our country, south of us and any number of countries south of mexico, all the way to colombia. and i have a pretty good idea why people, especially from that part of the world, have come here or sought to come to this country in enormous numbers. among the reasons they come here is because we are addicted to drugs, drugs are in many cases trafficked through the countries to the sou

mr. chairman. sen. carper: did you say you were an ice hockey coach. dr. wehner: yes.coached teenagers. sen. carper: do you still do it? dr. wehner: not any longer. i cannot skate anymore, unfortunately. sen. carper: who was the greatest hockey player who ever played the sport? dr. wehner: wayne gretzky. sen. carper: wayne gretzky was once asked what he is the greatest hockey player on the planet and he said -- he replied i go where the puck will be, not where the puck is. a little bit like attribution sites, you are going to help figure out where the puck is going to be and be able to address it, it works pretty well. just coming back to dr. wehner for more questions and we may be joined by another colleague or two. every other committee is meeting at the same time. we have a big bipartisan forum going on on artificial intelligence. we have some people who would like to be here who just cannot be here. i think this is being held alive so they are watching it. the impact you are having is far greater than we might imagine. it is really important. we want to finish my q

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