mr. casey: thank you, ranking member scott. before i move to -- we'll have introductions of our witnesses. i want to acknowledge members who are here already. senator collins, former chair of the committee. he's been part of the -- and who has been part of the effort of producing and publicizing our fraud books in the past. we're grateful for her leadership. senator blumenthal is here from the state of connecticut, as well as senator scott from florida. let me move to our witnesses. our first witness is dr. marty delima, an assistant professor at the university of minnesota's school of social work. she's an interdisciplinary gerontologist with a specialization in fraud and scams. she's collaborated with a variety of financial institutions, aging organizations and federal agencies like the federal trade commission. doctor, welcome. our second witness is nancy famcaener. she's a senior adult protective specialist for san diego county in california. she's dedicated her career for advocating for older adult, safeguarding their fina

but from mr. casey, to inherited from the more hawkish, say, well, more hawkish, mister ave, a whole bunch of new ideas, including vast alliance structures like the quad involving india and australia, together with japan's usual ally, the united states. in fact, only real allied, the united states. kesha isn't inheritor of these and he's working through these. whether he's his heart is really bad in them is very difficult. time is very difficult to assess. all right, thank you so much. been good talking to you. all right, thank you. now it's one for the history books that's it has deliberately smashed a space, crossed into an asteroid, and the world got to watch it happen in real time. it was all done in the name of humanity survival. browse explains. 11000000 kilometers from earth. the spacecraft hurtled closer and closer to the rocky asteroid. that was its target. and then bull's eye oh, scientists and engineers at mission control cheer as the spacecraft smashes into a far off asteroid hold die more f

let's bring in my friend, mr. casey stegall.laughter] we're live in austin. a big political festival that's been underway. this is the last day. hillary clinton was here yesterday, and the former secretary of tate had an awful lot to say about former president trump and losing to him during the 2020 election including this little nugget about alleged classified documents at mar-a-lago. listen. >> i don't know what to make of what he did. i find it deeply disturbing. the bottom line is what the heck was he doing with that material? >> reporter: today the is the final day for this year's festival where we said big names, both democrat and republican, have converged, talking and campaigning on the issues impacting most americans ahead of the midterms, issues like inflation, crime and, certainly here in texas, immigration. >> what joe biden has done has never happened in the history of our country, which is we have a president who just says i'm ignoring it. >> reporter: now, former democratic congressman and texas gubernatorial hope

senator casey? >> mr. chairman thanks so much. i wanted to start by thanking you for the hearing and for the work that you and the ranking member have donei n conducting this simple -- done in conducting this important investigation. this is a subject area that doesn't get nearly enough attention in washington and not so in the context of this hearing and the work that was done by this committee and staff. all of their good work should be held up for commendation. i also want to say i know i'm late for the hearing. i may have missed some of the engagement and some of the answers to questions. if my questions are redundant or duplicate of i apologize for that. i've come to this issue, not just in the context of a public official and a member of a committee, but also in a very personal way. my father was the beneficiary of a double organ transplant in june of 1993, harding lover. now many -- heart and liver. not many 61 euros at the time -- a 61-year-olds at the time had -- were beneficiaries of that transplant. i was told he was on

thank my foreign affairs staff, sophie, professional staff member, jack, and of course casey, our former staff director. mr. speaker, 10 years ago a hezbollah suicide bomber blew up a bus in bulgaria. on that bus were 42 israeli tourists, mostly young people. on that day hezbollah ended five lives, injured 32 others. in 2013, almost exactly one year later, the european union took action to designate hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization. but the inadvertent result of this designation was that a false distinction was made. a false distinction between hezbollah's military and political wings. let me be clear. there are no different branches of hezbollah. it is in its entirety a terrorist organization. you don't need to take my word for this. the united states government makes no distinction between the organization's branches and includes hezbollah in its entirety on the u.s. foreign terrorist organization list. but you also don't need to take our government's word for it or the word of germany or israel or guatemala, argentina, the united kingdom or the many other countries who have designat

casey. the committee has an interest in this topic as well. i need to make another correction to something mr. shepard said. unless any editors on the committee are here. mr. shepard told senator warren that only 10% of unos funds come from taxpayer money in the rest comes from fees paid by transplant centers who had patients to the list. but the fact is, medicare is the largest payer of the fees. for example, for kidneys. so we are talking about inefficiency that puts patients at risk and certainly taxpayer dollars are used to cover some of these practices. so we have been at it for a couple of hours. this has certainly been the ominous portrayal that you all have made. oregon's with tire tracks left, we've heard about oregon's left behind to spoil in airports. we've heard about reprisals against people who try to speak the truth about what is going on. we've heard about the culture of secrecy that dominates unos, we've got emails that in effect mr. shepard ridiculing employees. he says he counts on. and we have gone through some of the details with respect to the transportation system and p

casey. you are part of the aging community which is a part of this topic as well. we need to make another correction on something. mr. shepard said. we are going to get close to wrapping up with any other senators, certainly on the committee, or who are here. mr. shepard told senator warren that only 10% of funds comes from taxpayer money. the rest comes from fees paid by transplant centers who have patients on the list. but, the fact is, medicare is the largest payer of the fees. for example, for kidneys. we are talking about inefficiency, inefficiency that puts patients at risk and, certainly, taxpayer dollars. they are used to cover some of these practices. we will talk about it for a couple of hours. this has certainly been an ominous portrayal that you all have made. we heard about organs with tire tracks, left, we heard about organs left behind to spoil. airports, we have heard about reprisals against people who try to speak the truth about what is going on. we have heard about the culture of secrecy that dominates. we have emails that, in a fact, have mr. shepard ridiculing employees. he says that he counts o

mr. casey: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: there appears to be. he clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: mr. schumer: i move to close the vote. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47, the nays are 49, and the confirmation is not confirmed. mr. schumer: i enter a motion to reconsider. the presiding officer: the motion is entered. mr. schumer: note the absence -- 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 debate on the nomination of executive calendar 1033, lara e. montecalvo, of rhode island, to be united states circuit judge for the first circuit, signed by 18 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 lara e. montecalvo, of rhode island, to be united states circuit judge for the first circuit shall be