mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 77, the nays are 20, 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

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. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer:

mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 64, the nays are 33, the motion is agreed to. the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i ask unanimous consent -- [inaudible]. the presiding officer: objection is heard. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.

mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. ms. lummis, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. cotton, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. rubio, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the

mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. young, no. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. romney, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. is schmitt, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. the nays are 43. the motion is -- is agreed to. the clerk will repo

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. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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. m

mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. tester, aye.he clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr.blumenthal, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. vote: ■p the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. 2 mer padilla the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. ■pkelly, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy,

mr. cassidy, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 40. the nays are 53. the motion to table is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. 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 murray substitute amendment numbered 1388 to calendar number 30, h.r. 815, an act to amend title 38, united states code and so forth and for other purposes 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 amendment number 1388 offered by the senator from new york, mr. schumer, to h.r. 815, an act to amend title 38, united states code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to r

mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no.he clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. markey, no. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 47. two-thirds of the senators voting having not voted in the affirmative, the bill on reconsideration fails to pass over the president's veto. under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session to proceed to the consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of defense. ronald t. keohane of new york to be an assistant secretary. ms. butler: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. ms. butler: mr. president, i rise today on the final day recognizing plaque h

mr. cassidy, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 50. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to reconsider the vote whereby cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to h.r. 815 and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. 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.

mr. cassidy, aye. mr. markey, aye. . ms. warren, aye. senators voting in the negative, barrasso, blackburn, braun, britt, budd, cotton, cruz, daines, graham, hyde-smith, lankford, lee, marshall, merkley, mullin, paul, ricketts, risch, rubio, sanders, schmitt, tuberville, vance. mr. hawley, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. menendez, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 66. the nays are 33. the amendment is agreed to. 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

mr. cassidy, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 70, the nays are 29. the bill as amended passes. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. could we please have some order. well, mr. president, it's been a long night, a long weekend, and a long few months, but a new day is here and our efforts have been moran worth it -- more than worth it. today we witnessed one of the most historic and consequential bills to have ever passed the senate. it's certainly been years, perhaps decades, since the senate passed a bill that so greatly impacts not just our national security, not just the security of our allies, but the security of western democracy. as i have said, if we want the world to remain a safe place for freedom, for democratic principles, for our future prosperity, then america must lead the way. and with this bill, the senate declares that american leadership will not waiver, will not falter, will not fail. with this bill, the senate keeps its word to ukrainians in desperate need of s

mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mrs. shaheen the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. vote: the clerk: mr. vance, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 64, the nays are 19. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the bill u. the clerk: calendar number 30, h.r. 815, an act to amend title 38, united states code, and so forth and for other purposes. mr. schumer: mr. president. madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i call up substitute amendment 1388. th

i will give senator cassidy the same time that i had. thank you all. >> mr. duato, in 2021, jansen constructed and exclude a with their pbms to protect the blockbuster drug, achievement for all. >> colitis. change i can with uc. but this deal protected competition by new biosimilar which was launched at asphyxiation% lower cost. i understand this is confidential in terms of the settlement with the courts. and by the company to say this involves a rebate wall. so for the sake of those who are watching, a rebate wall is an anticompetitive tool which can be used to restrict a competitors entering into a formulary. i manufacture would offer more significant rebates to a health plan with pbms for access to the formulary contingent upon the pbm blocking a biosimilar. we've been discussing the promise of biosimilars to lower the cost in a market oriented competitive way. so if her knock when of government regulation, we've got to have a market situation and the mark of the other biosimilar but this sort of arrangement block the biosimilar front entry. so, so in the

mr. duato, going left-right. >> thank you, senator cassidy. we absolutely want to be part of the solution. we understand that co-pay obligation for use patients are burdensome and does create health inequities. what are we doing for that? we have a very extensive haitian assistance program that for commercial patients enables them to be able to pay low co-pays, $5-$15 per month. we supported more than 1 million patients in 2022 with our co-pay assistance programs. if the patient is under insured or not insured we provide free drug. we gave $3.9 billion in free drug in 2022. but i think we can do more and we can work together in order to lower out-of-pocket costs for patients, even in medicare as you mentioned. because that's a real need that we're committed, all our employees are committed in order to make sure that our medicines get to the patients that they deserve. >> mr. davis? >> senator, very much like j&j, we have tiered levels of patient assistance programs because we want to make sure the patient to meet our drugs can access them. if

cassidy. i can't improve the introduction offered by our friend. mr. hecht, welcome. mr.aniewski is the managing director of marsh mclennan. he worked for fema during the trump administration. steve patterson, the mayor of athens, ohio, the largest city in appalachia. he serves as the second vice president of the national league of cities. i meet with him and other mayors frequently >>. first elected in 2015 after two terms as city council, he is a former associate professor at ohio university, former air force pilot serving as a major from the ash tittered to columbia air national guard. -- from the district of columbia air national guard. mr. hecht, you may begin. mr. hecht: thank you so much, chairman brown and ranking member scott and senator cassidy. i want to thank him for his leadership on this issue and many others. my name is michael hecht. i am president and ceo of greater new orleans inc. for the past decade we have let the coalition for sustainable flood insurance, and national alliance of approximately 250 organizations across 35 states. today i will discuss

regrets and rickets, rossa, cassidy, graham, sullivan, wicker, asked one think of me before the first vote on legislation. they asked for 72 hours to read the bill. mr. president, we have met that request. the bill was posted at 6:40 p.m. on sunday february 4 they want until 645 tomorrow evening and that is fine with me. actually mr. president we even offered to delay the vote until sometime on thursday. to give even more time for senators to make up their minds. i suspect they will not accept even that offer because they don't want more time. they are just using it as an excuse. in fact it will surprise no one some of the signers of that letter actually did not wait 72 hours before they rejected a bill. senator cotten declared his opposition after 16 hours 48po minutes, less than 25% of the requested time. senator risch took a little longer an additional 15 years to read the bill. before reaching his opposition. i can recognize an senators grandstand but this is no time for grandstanding. time for serious people to work together to solve serious problems. mr. president they are elected to vote, not to be afraid, not runaway, make excuses when it co

cassidy hutchinson. a round of applause. [applause] as for year, and symbols -- we award our profiles at a courage award and it is my honor to be joined by our 2023 recipient mr. harry dunn now running for congress at capitol police officer. we know the courage he showed on january 6 afterwards. cassidy, we give this award, our agenda committee and are host committee, our grassroots committee, we vote every year to pick somebody that really exemplifies what it means to be principals first, to put the country ahead of party and even personal interest and stand up, as you did, at such a young, early time in your career with so much on the line. that is exactly what everyone in this room and so many around the country have been asking our elected leaders to do. republicans, just end up and take one risk. you have done that in spades. this is for you. we are honored to have you here. thank you. [applause] all right. get that logo in there. [laughter] one more, ok. thanks. [applause] all right. we will keep chugging along here. the next session is going to be a slight change. from how it currently appears. i think we will really all enjoying this next discussion.

mr. manchin, if i understand your question -- >> i'm just saying if we can intervene -- >> i have to get to senator cassidy. we are over quite a bit. she will get them. right on. senator cassidy. >> hello. i'm going to ask basic questions and perhaps you're the one that would answer how much of the funding did you put out there is for basic research versus clinical research? >> yes, sir, i'm going to have to get back to you on that question. i know that among our we have four major research services basic science, clinical science, health service and is the largest. >> is that money extra or by researchers who are on va campus or contracting with somebody out of med school some place? >> these all are individuals who are va and the work can be done either on the very a campus or through agreement orlas with academic affiliates and leased space. >> do you have you a sense of percent that you're leasing off the campus versus on and there's a difference of the productivity of the research that's situated op the va campus versus one that is not? >> i do not have information at the present. >> i come from acade

cassidy hutchinson. a round of applause. [applause] as for year, and symbols -- we award our profiles at a courage award and it is my honor to be joined by our 2023 recipient mr. harry dunn now running for congress at capitol police officer. we know the courage he showed on january 6 afterwards. cassidy, we give this award, our agenda committee and are host committee, our grassroots committee, we vote every year to pick somebody that really exemplifies what it means to be principals first, to put the country ahead of party and even personal interest and stand up, as you did, at such a young, early time in your career with so much on the line. that is exactly what everyone in this room and so many around the country have been asking our elected leaders to do. republicans, just end up and take one risk. you have done that in spades. this is for you. we are honored to have you here. thank you. [applause] all right. get that logo in there. [laughter] one more, ok. thanks. [applause] all right. we will keep chugging along here. the next session is going to be a slight change. from how it currently appears. i think we will really all enjoying this next discussion.

mr. cassidy: but this issue has been entwined with u.s. border security. now, as the way things work and we all know this in the chamber but just to specify, if any bill is is going to be signed into law, it's because you have good policy, you have good politics, and it has good process. and if you don't have those three things on a big bill, then something is not going through. and i'd like to talk about that policy-politics-process dynamic here and how the process is being used to defeat the passage of good policy. it is that process which confuses folks. but i'll get to the that. let me first discuss a little bit of the policy. i'm speak as a conservative republican and i can say that almost all republicans want to confront the chinese communist party. we understand around the world the chinese communist party is doing its best to the undermine the interest of the united states, turning a blind eye as fentanyl is imported into our country with 60,000 to 100,000 people dying in a given year from overdoses. we understand that the chinese communist party t