collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, let me first thank senator king for inviting me to join him in this colloquy this evening. tonight, we honor and remember our fellow mainers who lost their lives in a senseless tragedy, a senseless act of violence, as well as those who were wounded in this heinous attack, and we also remember the family members and the loved ones who grieve for them. we want to recognize the people of this proud community of lewiston, who have rallied together to support each other during these dark and difficult days. first responders, law enforcement, health care providers, especially at central maine medical center, businesses and community members who provided food for law enforcement, state and local officials, federal agents -- so many people deserve our thanks. those efforts and more will be acknowledged by the city of lewiston tomorrow as it hosts an act of kindness and gratitude day. the city intends for this to be an annual occasion for the community to come together and celebrate

mr. cardin, aye. ms. collins, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mrs. smith, aye. -- ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. parties, aye. -- mr. peters, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk

mr. collins. let's start with these so called dog or degrades. as is jasmine, the tree is calling them. what does this mean? and do you think it's the 4 steps to the scandal open? so that is being an anticipated over the last figurative? yeah, i mean, without a doubt, this is going to be the 1st phase of the ground offensive. it's in pending, and what they're probably trying to do here probably got so much that i mean, if they can find the hostages, they're going to go for them. but a lot of them are probably being held underground. you know, they probably a miles where the panels was trying hard to find them. where they're going to take out some of those key know what they positions in it and finding positions of that data from us. the fighters will be using to try to slow down the ground. advance of this is happening in an area that is one of the most densely populated in the world . and it is the beginning that you said of a possible logical ground defense. so do you think mass of civilian casualties can be avoided in such a situation? yeah, i mean, the israel will do all they can to

collins: mr. president, let me start by saying that i am to pleased that we are finally, finally voting on amendments to the three-bill package that senator murray and i, as well as the terrific members of our appropriations committee have worked very hard to bring before the senate. this has been the result of many weeks, far too many weeks, of negotiations and would not have happened without the leadership of chair murray. i also want to thank leader schumer, leader mcconnell, our republican whip, john thune, and the chairs and ranking members of the three subcommittees, senator heinrich and hoeven, senators murray and boozman, senators schatz and senator hyde-smith for their hard work. these are bills that really make a difference to the american people. as our colleagues know, we are considering the agricultural rural development food and drug administration and related agencies bill, the military construction and veterans' affairs bill and also the transportation, housing, and urban and relat

mr. collins, aye. mr. hagerty, no. ms. capito, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. barasso, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. daines, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr.off, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. kelly, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. scott of north carolina, no. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays are 52, nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. under the previ

mr. tuberville, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms.no. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. ms. rosen, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. brown, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. merkley, aye. vote: is is p. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. p. the clerk: mr. vance, no. ms. gillibrand, aye

mr. collins is really defense minister told step would be 3 phases. so this is a preparatory phrase, but phase what they're trying to do is collapse as many of those tunnels as icons, as well as to deliver as much up as they're kind of in terms of intelligence. so yeah, that, that, that, so that's, that's, that's why we always that, oh yes. and thomas will be using those tunnels to trans transport weapons, of course, on personnel, which is why as well as troops are going to be, have to be really careful with the cleveland area. they can never be quite sure that, that it's truly clear. but here's the thing, is well prepared for this, the special tunneling units that use the highest and latest one with technology a will use up in order to get into destroyed or if necessary, if they believe hostages of their record north to an end. so those tunnels as they prepare the ready, but it's going to be very tough. is there any way to know how successful they have been with their air strikes in destroying best bass system of tunnels under causal? okay, so every,

mrs. shaheen, aye. senators voting in the negative. blackburn, boozman, braun, collinsrnyn, crapo, ernst, grassley, hoeven, kennedy, lankford, marshall, mullin, rounds, rubio, schmitt, wicker, and young. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. barrasso, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. markey, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cotton, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. wyden, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. paul, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the c

mr. daines, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mrs. murray, aye. ms. rosen, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. moran, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. fetter man, aye. -- mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. mullin, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. sure, aye. -- mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the cl

mr. budd, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye.he clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. mr. brown, no. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. mr. moran, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. durbin, no. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. ms. butler, no. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. , the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. rounds, aye. miss ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. warren, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. cant

collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: before i address the amendment offered by senator braun, let me thank the senator from washington state for her very kind comments expressing condolences to the people of maine. our 6789 hearts are so heavy today. this heinous attack which has robbed the lives of at least 18 mainers and injured so many more is the worst mass shooting that we could ever imagine in our state. this is a dark day for our state. i am grateful for the expressions of support and offers of help and condolences that i've received from my colleagues and friends across the nation as well as from the administration. i've had conversations both last night, throughout the night, and early this morning with president biden, secretary mayorkas, attorney general merrick garland, and special advisor to the president tom perez, who has been particularly helpful in mobilizing resources for the state of maine so that this killer can be captured. it's hard, mr. president, to transition from the terrible attack in m

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. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wick

collins. mr. coons.

mr. collins for the director of nursing conditions. what were the two total cost of hiring, to two directors of nursing? were they placed by berkeley search consultant or another search firm? thank you. >> thank you very much, jamie let's go to caller 7. >> caller: hi, this is dr. lisa calmer, i asked for accommodation but i don't think i received your email. >> dr. palmer, i gave it to you before the meeting, i apologize in my tardiness in getting back to you. >> caller:that's okay, i'm just really nervous in getting admissions restarted and post political and economic pressure to have patients to laguna honda in order to serve the flow at the general hospital. we do need more behavioral services and, a lot of, people that need services have. have aged. people who's behavioral is uncontrolled, really can't accommodate it safely in a congregate facilities with frailed disabled and elderly people. and we really need to know, that mistakes have been made in the past are not going to be repeated. and i think, this was such a big part of p

mr. michael collins and each will be the director for nursing for one of the two respective towers you recall the dual director of nurses structure as part of early recommendations from improving all the nursing status of operations and made the permanent structure with the improvement of those two individuals and both of them come with tremendous amount of experience and skill in nursing and proud worked her way up to a nurse to registered nurse and certified wound care that is important at laguna honda for the prevalence of nursing facilities and also served previously as a surveyor for the department of health so speaks in the regulatory nursing operation and michael collins a long term care nurse motorist in the career with the united states army and been in skilled nursing leadership. so they and continue they're learning what we call hit the floor next week to immerse he themselves and tony the officer will transition to a support role similar to myself over the next few months to be there to help with a hand off for the two nursing leaders. i'd like to update you on the status of lagun

mr. daines, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. bennet, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. wyden, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr.

mr. speaker. double child rapist and murderer collin had a parole hearing a few weeks ago, thank you for listening to me and engage the reconsidering mechanism rule. now i know that prime minister doesn't have any decision making role within the independent patrol board, independent of the government but a wing of the economist not judiciary. does prime minister agree with me, that men who rape and brutally murder young women, as mr. pitch pork did to dawn ashworth and linda man, does he agree that generally, as a point of principle, these sexual offenders should remain in prison for most of their natural life? >> i agree with my friend that public some be con in inthat murderers and rapists will be kept behind bars that is why we're -- our victim will be protecting public. it will also give justice power to step in on behalf of the public and take a second look of the decision. >> last week we announced we will have longer sentences for dangerous criminals for most heinous crimes, life will be life. >> can i join prime minister in his comments about those affected by the storms and start by welco

they did air the kaitlan collins trump interview. mr. gergen: i think in retrospect, you have to say, she is a gutsy woman. madeleine: she is. mr. gergen: she tried to stand up to him, but he is just overpowering. it was an impossible task for her. i was glad she survived. i give her a major position. madeleine: that raises the question, do you put trump on the air for a live one-on-one interview? mr. gergen: i think trump -- i don't think trump ought to be given a free ride. i think he ought to be held up. he has to be held up to the standard of responding to questions from the press. madeleine: he will just lie or obfuscate. mr. gergen: he has to be called on it. you have to post things so people know. there is a such -- such a thing as free speech. i am not saying we should shut him down. what would we be more comfortable if he wasn't around? yes, but i think madeline: we are at the end of our program that went by so fast you have any final words? mr. gergen: i appreciate that you come back and put me on the air, you stick to it. you

collins, you are suing the defendant, mr. callaway, for $5,000 over an accident that you claim was all of his fault.

mr. trump could comply with that moving forward. >> joey jackson, kaitlan collins, we'll see you at the top of the hour. >>> coming up next for us, inside some of the tunnels that israel forces may soon have to go into in search of hamas gunmen or the hostages. also the latest on conditions at hospitals in gaza, with very little aid and no fuel coming into the territory. and as we go to break, more of the faces and names you'll see throughout the program of israelis taken hostage on october 7th. >>> in his televised address earlier today, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said this about sending troops in gaza. quoting now, i will not detail when, how, or how many or the overall considerations we're taking into account, most of which are unknown to the public, and this is how it needs in order to better safeguard the live of our soldiers. whether spoken or not, one of those considerations is certainly the network of tunnels that hamas has built under gaza to move undetected, store weapons, and now hold hostages. more from cnn's nic robertson. >> reporter: this is the invisible dang

chairman murray, vice chairman collins and all the members on both sides for bringing us close to an agreement. i hope to see one very soon. now, on our second day a.i. insight forum, mr. president, later this afternoon, the senate will hold our second bipartisan a.i. insight forum focusing on our north star for a.i., innovation. our forum begins at 3:00 today in the kennedy caucus room, and i encourage my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to attend. which we had a -- we had a strong bipartisan turnout for our inaugust ral a.i. insight forum. i hope to see the same today. it's important to show how bipartisan and seriously we're taking a.i. in the senate. today's a.i. insight forum includes some of the nation's leading voices in labor, academia, business, tech, civil rights and others, coming together to hold an unvarnished, candid, and urgent debate on a.i. if the topic today will be how congress and the private sector can foster innovation. we'll talk about the need for transformative innovation, the times of a.i. systems that will create new vistas, unlock new cures, improve education, protect national security, preserve the global food supply and more. but w