mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: on this vote the yeas are 46, the nays are 40 and the motion is aged to. the clerk will report the nomination. mr. schumer: iend -- the clerk: the judiciary, sooknanan of the dtrict of columbia to be united states district judge for the district columbia. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rul22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 601, sparkle l. sooknanan of the district of columbia to be united states district judge for the district of columbia, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session -- did we file cloture? i move t proceed to legislative session. t

mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mrcoons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mrcotton mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckwoh. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mrgrassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. joson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. keedy. mr. king. ms. klobucha mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lun. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. mark. mr. mcconnell. marshall, 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 hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the af

mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. graham, no. mr. boozman, no. ms. butler, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. reed, aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. d.c. with commercial republican leaders as well as biden at the white house for the first time ninety ohio. client for democrats. >> either. i'm glad you mentioned trump making a visit to th

mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south the clerk: mr. scott of south directly stem from russia's choice and decision to invade its sovereignty. >> given the joint u.s. nato escalation with you can against can thrash and with china and north korea joining russia to form an alliance against the west, would not use a world war iii has begun? >> i i would not say that. that is not a characterization that this building assesses. and you seen as take measures to de-escalate tensions and -- i'm sorry, , i'm speaking broadly around the world. but when it comes to ukraine, the commitment of this administration from the very beginning of this one was to help ukraine take back its sovereign territory. i dec

mr. carper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. wyden, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms.ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. cruz, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 49. the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the motion is agreed to. let's begin the associate press yesterday calling the house for republicans after television networks have done so in earlier days. in washington new leadership saying we have a mandate. do you agree and if so what is it? >> i do think we have a mandate and the mandate is for the american people and it is quite clear. the economy is a mess. inflation over the last four years is increased over 20.5% 2% cumulative. 2.7 oh whatever ri

mr. carper, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. teer, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. mrs. shaheen: aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. brown, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. ms. warren, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. ricketts, no mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. padilla,aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. thune, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47. the nays are

mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. the clerk: ms.tez masto. mr. cotton. the clerk: mr. crapo. 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. helmy. 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. 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 hollen. vote:# # the clerk: mr. vans. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr

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. helmy. 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. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. >> good morning. this committee will come to order. today we are holding a hearing to discuss the urgent federal funding needs for communities harmed by the recent natural disasters. before we get started doing to acknowledge briefly this is the first hearing we've had since the election. it is clear some things will look different. one thing will not change and that is my commitment to working with senator collins to keep doing the im

mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. mr. schatz, aye. >> mr. president before you begin i'd like to say a word about the international criminal courts issuing arrest warrants for israeli prime minister netanyahu and former defense minister gallant. the icc decision is outrageous, unlawful, and dangerous. israel has right to defend itself and icc rogue actions only enable the terrorists who seek to wipe israel off the map. these actions threaten israel, if left unchecked they could pose a a threat to the united states in the future. the senate needs to stand strongly with our ally at this the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. >> mr. president before i begin i liked is a word about the international criminal courts issuing arrest warrants for israel prime minister netanyahu and former defense minister gallant. the icc decision is outrageous, unlawful, and dangerous. israel has a right to defend itself and icc's broke actions only enable the terrorists who seek to wipe israel off the map. these actions threaten israel but if left unchecked they could pose a

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. helmy. 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. 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. i thank you all for being here and i'm delighted to be accompanied by senators merkley welsch and then colin. we are here this morning to discuss the three joint resolutions or jay argues that the senate will be voting on tomorrow. they are as j. rezwan 11, to block 120-mi

mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk:

mr. carper, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: will -- mr. hagerty, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered madeland upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call with respect to the ali nomination, cloture motion, be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: 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 539, amir h. ali of the district of columbia to beious district judge for the district of columbia. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been

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. helmy. 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. 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. the senate work in nontraditional nominations today votes have also begun on a. series of foreign policy measures introduced by independent senator bernie sanders been these include resolutions to block arms shipments to israel an

mr. carper, aye. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. coons, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. marshall, no. ms. collins, no. mr. paul, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. graham, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. braun, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. hagerty, no. mrs. schmitt -- mr. romney, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. johnson, no. ms. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. cramer, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. risch, no. mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. young, no. mr. moran, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. corny