mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 46, the nays are 42. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. brian edward murphy of massachusetts to be united states district judge for the district of massachusetts. mr. huhumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisio 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 650, brian edward if you are murphy of massachusetts to be united states describing judge for the district of massachusetts, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mrschumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: witho objection. mr. schumer: i move proceed to to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presidinoffic

mr. coons. mr. rnyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. apo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. mr. durbin.th. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. the clerk: mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. . hass. 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. . marsll. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. muhy. mrs.urray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. . 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. nema. ms. smh. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. waer. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mrwyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, benne

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. ricketts, no.. vote: the clerk: 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. hick

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. 50, the nays are 42, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, rebecca l. pennell of washington to be the united states district judge for the eastern district of washington. khasbulatov mr. cassidy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: mr. president, as if in legislative session and notwithstanding rule 22, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc -- calendar number 4 51, s. 2546, calendar number 4 faye, s. 39, s. 4077, calendar number 454, h.r. 599, calendar number 45, h.r. 1060, calendar number 456, h.r. 1098, calendar number 458, calendar number 459, h.r. 3728, calendar number 460, h.r. 5476, calendar number 461, calendar number 462 calendar number 463, calendar number 464, h.r. 6673, calendar number 465, h.r. 6651, calendar number 466, calendar number 467, h.r. 7199s, and calendar number 468, h.r. 7423. the p

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the presiding officer: is there appears to be. the clerwill call the roll. vote: a the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs.lackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. . boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. rper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. ms. rtez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mrcruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. duin. ms. ernst. mr. fettman. 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. hydsmith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. the clerk: mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. rshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. ul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rose

mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. johnson, no.clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 59, the nays are 37, 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 of the senate's action. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: office of government ethics. david huitema to be director. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination of the knee. the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. 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. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. cas

mr. coons, aye. tors voting in the negative -- collins, cornyn, hyde-smith, lankford, lee, romney, rounds. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. johnson, no. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. ms. rosen, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. young, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. ricketts, no. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. thune, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. kelly

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 important work of this committee and a bipartis

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-millimeter tank rounds as j. reyes 115 to block

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. romney, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. >> forminger defense minister gallant. icc decision is outrageous unlawful, and dangerous. israel has a right to defend itself in the icc role actions only enable to swipe israel off the map. these actions threaten israel. but left unchecked, they could pose a threat to the united states in the future. the senate needs to stand strongly with our ally at this time. i am, again, calling on leader schumer to bring a bill to the floor sanctions icc, which the house is already passed with bipartisan support. last night, the senate seangt strong bipartisan message of support for israel by rejecting resolutions that would have denied israel the leaf they need. now the democrat leader needs to bring up the icc sanctions bill. if he chooses not to act a new senate majority will. we will stand with israel and make this bill and other supportive legislation a top priority in the next congress. in six weeks, republicans will retake the majority here. and when

the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the

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 and other disapproving of loan relief for ukrai

coons. i'm calling please. this is a message for rushes for mrs. fulfillment speaking at the forum, we support how he can petition. this is the main difference between russia and the former west and mutual places that accident against us. now, with the help of the tools of new colonialism to maintain their dominance in various regions of the world, they are trying to treat africa as they have done for centuries. and what do we mean by new colonialism? yes, it has various manifestations from the purely political and ideological to the economic . it is a manipulation of people's consciousness provoking cools and conflicts impulse and destructive ideological attitudes. this is sub attached in the information space, financial and economic prussia. the use of dominance in international organizations and the use of the doors as a weapon. it limits the development of other countries through unfair competition. well, there was a lot of talk about freedom of speech and the flow of information and how the so called democratic west seems very determines to constantly frustrate those 2 concepts. i mean, russia's foreign mini

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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. cornyn, no. mr. sullivan, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. vance, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the cler