mr. coons, eye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. wyden, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 95, the nays are 1. the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i know of no debate on the nomination. the presiding officer: is there further debate on the nomination? hearing none, the question is on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. is there a sufficient second? there is. the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. oh, it is a roll. i'm sorry. the clerk will call the roll. is. vote: 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.

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. ms. murkowski, yiep. -- aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, brandy r. mcmillion of michigan to be united states district judge for the eastern district of michigan. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of s.j. res. 38 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 238, s.j. res. 38, joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, and so forth. ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you so much. first, i'll speak more tomorrow about brandy mcmillion who we just forwarded to a final confirmation vote tomorrow. she's an extraordinary nominee for the district court

mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. braun, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. 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. 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 377, shanlyn a.s. park, of hawaii, to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, it the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of shanlyn a.s. park, of hawaii, to be united states d

mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. the clerk: 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. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. 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 sou

the clerk: mr. coons, no. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. padilla, no.he clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. markey, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. cantwell. mrs. gillibrand, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. ms. hassan, no. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 23, the nays are 74. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. : the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, madam president. i rise today to address this chamber at an increasingly important moment in our nat

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 clerk: senators voting in the affirmative

mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr.paul, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: on this matter the yeas are 49 the nays are 46. nomination is confirmed. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table and the president will be notified of the senate's actions. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: order in the chamber. mr. schumer: thank you. in a few minutes we'r

mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 44, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, jamel semper, of new jersey, to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. mrs. murray: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, thank you. as you well know, because we've talked about it, our child care system is simply broken. it is not working for families across our country and we face a crisis now that continues to grow worse. i've said that many times. times. and i will say it again and again and again until we fix this broken system for good. i'm not the only one in congress who feels this way. a month ago 48 of my colleagues to leader schumer and leader mcconnell urging us to have funding in the emergency supplemental. today many are joining me here on the senate floor to lift up concerns we're

mr. coons, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warner, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. cassidy, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. mullin, no. mr. padilla, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. bl

mr. coons: thank you, mr. president. reserving the right to object.in my colleagues in standing to speak against a proposal brought to the floor by my colleague from kansas, a proposal that would move aid to israel swiftly but ignore the urgency and the importance of humanitarian aid to countries around the world, of investments to secure our own border, of critical aid to ukraine. and as my colleague has just spoken eloquently, we have all been inspired by the tens of thousands of ukrainians who hearing the urgency of the call to fight for their nation, to fight for their freedom have laid down their lives, have worked to restructure their society and to aim towards freedom. i have a hard time countenancing the idea that we would walk away in this moment of challenge. as many proponents have said and i'll briefly point out, the proposal that comes over from the house is not serious. it uses the tragedy and horrors of hamas and its attack on innocent civilians, killing dozens of americans, the brutality of that in the urgency of this moment to advance

vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 42, 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 actions. 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. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to calendar number 30, h.r. 815. the presiding officer: the clerk will report,. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 30, h.r. 815, an act to amend title -- mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion we, the under

mr. coons: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. oons: my colleagues from kansas, ohio, and missouri have raised questions. i will say, look up, look back, look ahead. to my colleagues from kansas, his predecessor, bob dole, a senator who was a great leader in this chamber. was a champion for helping others around the world. ly not -- the critical role of humanitarian aid in sustaining partners and allies, in averting humanitarian catastrophe, and, yes, in sustaining both ukraine and israeli national security. but first, if i might, let's look back for a moment to history. my colleague from ohio complained that we somehow had not thoroughly debated ukraine. i believe we have, but i would be happy to engage for hours more because there are critical lessons from the past that inform the strong and bipartisan support for aid to ukraine. the last time i kent -- went to kyiv, i traveled with his predecessor, senator portman, a determined and committed supporter of ukraine. why? let's look back for a moment. in the runup to the second worl

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms.tler, aye. mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 80, the nays are 17, and the motion is agreed to. the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: madam president, this is a difficult topic for me to discuss because it is so serious and because the united states has so much catching up to do. two years ago congress created the bipartisan congressional commission on the strategic posture of the united states. we gave it the job of examining the strengths and weaknesses of our national security positi

mr. coons: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: my colleagues from kansas, ohio, and missouri have raised questions. i will say, look up, look back, look ahead. to my colleagues from kansas, his predecessor, bob dole, a senator who was a great leader in this chamber. was a champion for helping others around the world. ly not -- the critical role of humanitarian aid in sustaining partners and allies, in averting humanitarian catastrophe, and, yes, in sustaining both ukraine and israeli national security. but first, if i might, let's look back for a moment to history. my colleague from ohio complained that we somehow had not thoroughly debated ukraine. i believe we have, but i would be happy to engage for hours more because there are critical lessons from the past that inform the strong and bipartisan support for aid to ukraine. the last time i kent -- went to kyiv, i traveled with his predecessor, senator portman, a determined and committed supporter of ukraine. why? let's look back for a moment. in the runup to the second wor

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. mcconnell, no.the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no o. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. . the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 32, and the motion is agreed to. mr. merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, the great american laboringer, dolores -- laboringer, dolores orgta, said every organizing opportunity, and every person is an activist, and every minute a chance to change the world. in that spirit, i rise today to bid farewell to a member of my team, dan mahr. dan, who sees every constituent as an opportunity t

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 48, and the motion to table is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i understand there's a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 6363 an act making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024 and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i now ask for a second reading, and,

mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. mr. warnock, no. mr. casey, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 32, the nays are 65, the amendment is not agreed to. there will now up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, can we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: madam president, i have good news for the american people. this friday night there will be no government shutdown. thank you. because of bipartisan cooperation, we are keeping the government open without any poison pills or harmful cuts to vital programs, a great outcome for the american people. can we have order, please? i am pleased that speaker johnson realized he needed democratic votes to avoid a shutdown. if the speaker is willing to work with democrats and resist the siren song of the hard right in the house, then we

the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. padilla, no. ms. sinema, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. is vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good afternoon, everyone. house democrats came in to this week with three principal objectives with respect continuing resolution. first, no spending cut. second, no extreme right wing policy changes. mission accomplished. third, no government shutdown. democrats and republican the bipartisan path forward and watching house republicans are unable to govern on their own. , no further observation. today should make that clear as has been the case from the events of the congress january 3 all the way through to this moment. from the very beginning house democrats have said we will work to find bipartisan common ground with our republican colle

mr. chair. >> iq. senator coons. >> thank you, mr. chairman.thank you for continue to show strong bipartisan support for ukraine. i agree with the points just raised by the ranking member about the urgency of our making our nuclear fuel system more independent of russia and the future smrs being critical for a zero carbon american develop energy source for the future. thank you to our witnesses. the brutal russian invasion of ukraine has been a profound strategic failure for putin. nato instead of being divided or we can has expanded and strengthen. as you testified there is a global coalition of 50 country providing more than $90 billion in direct support both humanitarian direct budget support, military for ukraine. although we are the single largest donor of the contributions to the fight for freedom on the front lines in ukraine is genuinely global. and as you lay.com secretary o'brien, russia's coalition includes folks like iran and north korea while ours is literally the entire free world. but we are at risk of failing, of handing a victo