mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, since president biden took office three years ago, customs and border protection has encountered 6.7 million, 6.7 million migrants at the southern border. just to give you an idea of how that compares to the obama administration and president trump's administration, this is more than those two administrations combined, and that was for a period of 12 years where president biden has been in office for three years. the administration still hasn't released the number of illegal border crossings for december, but multiple news outlets have reported that more than 300,000 migrants have crossed the border last month, which would be a new record. what i have a hard time compro men'sing is why president biden thinks -- compro hencing why president biden thinks that's a good idea. it's his policies that are responsible because they're like a mag yet. they a -- like a magnet. they attract people from around the world who show up at our border and either claim asylum, only to be put o

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr.sident, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. cornyn: i'd ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, earlier this week the american people received the tragic news that two navy seals died during a nighttime raid near somalia. now, somalia is a world away from here but what happens in that region has a direct impact on us here at home because one of these navy seals was from the great state of texas. these men and their brave comrades were seizing a vessel that was carrying iranian-made arms intended for houthi rebels in yemen. now, i know after 9/11 there was a famous country western song, i think where were you when the world stopped turning. one of the reasons was i don't know the difference between iraq and iran. well, the truth is the american people have had to learn a lot about world geography, and unfort unfortunately, because things that happen far away f

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. central 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. test. 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. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding office mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call?orum call. mr. cornyn:l, mr. president, just like a bad movie, congress finds itself within days■ of a government shutdown threat. of course this isn't an accident, this is a choice made particular because rather than take up the appropriations bills, which is the most basic responssibility of the governmet to try to keep the lights on and keep the functions of government operating, the majority leader has decided not to process bipartisan appropriations bills across the senate floor. and so here -- so here we are, portions of the federal government scheduled for a shutdown a week from tomorrow. this is not the first nor the second time we foundurselves scrambling to avoid a shutdown in the past few months. you know, i wonder what the american people when they watch they must be thinking these people can't run a two-car funeral. this is the very picture of coence. but, like i said, this is a choice. this marks the third time since the end of september that we've just been days awaying

mr. cornyn: mr. president, since president biden took office three years ago, customs and border protection has encountered 6.7 million, 6.7 million migrants at the southern border. just to give you an idea of how that compares to the obama administration and president trump's administration, this is more than those two administrations combined, and that was for a period of 12 years where president biden has been in office for three years. the administration still hasn't released the number of illegal border crossings for december, but multiple news outlets have reported that more than 300,000 migrants have crossed the border last month, which would be a new record. what i have a hard time compro men'sing is why president biden thinks -- compro hencing why president biden thinks that's a good idea. it's his policies that are responsible because they're like a mag yet. they a -- like a magnet. they attract people from around the world who show up at our border and either claim asylum, only to be put o

mr. cornyn, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms.k: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. cramer, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. smith, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerh carolina, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. ricketts, no. u$ the clerk: mr. scott of floc the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. ■fo the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. kaine, aye. xr ms. rosen, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. johnson, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. brown, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote:# the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. óiv the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. warner, aye. the cle

mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. daines, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr.he clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. cruz, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. cramer, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. hagerty, no. mr. braun, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. cardin, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the cl

mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. cornyn: mr.ion in the last few days made another reckless attempt to try to appease its more radical of its political case. last week the administration halted new liquefied natural gas projects effectively chilling new investments in the industry that powers the united states and many of our closest allies. had the administration announced had the administration announced had the administration announces decision three years ago is alm unthinkable. russia's unprovoked war in ukraine is nearing the two-year mark. iran's terrorist proxies are unleashing chaos on the middle east and china, is responsible for growing tensions in the indo-pacific. time, i think we would all have to agree. given that the instigators of each of these conflicts are three of the world's largest natural gas producers, this is an extremely risky time for energy security. fortunately the united states is in a uniquely strong position to temper those risks. we are the world's largest natural gas producer and last year we bec

mr. young. th cornyndn -- bennet, cardin, fetterman, gillibrand, hassan, king, manchin, menendez, and welc cleric cleric ms. smith, no. cleric the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no.■ the clerk: mr. carper, no.uckwo. vote:# the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. durbin, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the cl kaine, no. mr. markey, no.■ the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. wicker, aye. mrs. murray, no. mr. sanders, no. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye.s mr. tillis, aye. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. mr. cramer, aye. ms. wa mr. van hollen, no. mr. romney, aye. ms. klobuchar, no. ms. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. young, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: merkley, no. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. le

mr. cornyn, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. warner, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. durbin, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. vance, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. young, aye. vote:. vote: the clerk: mr. warno

mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. the clerk: mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. vote: 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. senators voting in the affir affirmativ

mr. cornyn aye. the clerk: mr. carper aye. mr. peters aye. mr. cruz aye. the clerk: mr. aye. mr.einrich aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the cl the clerk: mr. wooidide -- mr. wyden, aye. mr. rubio, the clerk: mr. scott of florida no. braun, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. marshall aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. daines aye. mr. rounds aye. ms. lummis aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye.r. young, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. shaheen aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no.. king, aye.

mr. cornyn: mr.president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas.us consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, we're all returning to a washington d.c., but it never ceases to when i come back to the nation's capital from home in texas the disconnect between what people are focussed on back home -- mainly their jobs their well football -- that didn't turn out so well for us this weekend. but the mainstream media and of course social media, which amplifies what people are talking about or the message that they want to convey the so-called influencers that are really in some instances nothing more than prop -- prop and goists dash -- propagandists. and some try to con washington, d.c. on a variety of issues including the terrorist attack that occurred in israel on october 7 of last year. yesterday marked 100 days since hamas terrorists than 1,200 israelis and took about 240 hostages. i traveled to israel with several of my

mr. cornyn: mr.sident, it's common knowledge that america's southern border has been in crisis since president biden took office three years ago. since then, 6.7 million, 6.7 million migrants have showed up at the border only to be released by the biden administration into the interior of the united states. that's 6.7 million people, is higher than the obama and the trump administration combined, and that was over a period of 12 years. in just three years we've experienced more illegal immigration than we did in the preceding 12 years. despite the eye-popping statistics, leaders in the biden administration have repeatedly tried to mislead the american people into believing everything at the border is just hunky-dory. in other words, they're saying don't believe your lying eyes. president biden has consistently attempted to down play concerns about the border crisis. of course my state, the state of texas, which has 1,200 miles of common border with mexico, we are ground zero. but the president has ev

mr. cornyn, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. . the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ms.smith, aye. mr. sanders, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: ms. earns, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. ernst, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer,

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, this is a new year, and we are now halfway through the 118th congress. for those who are not familiar with the way congress operates, we call congress really a two-year period and obviously -- and so far we've completed the first half of that 118th congress. but the sad news is we have an embarrassingly little to show for what congress has done so far in the 118th congress. under democratic leadership, we've drifted from one crisis to the next, doing just enough to avoid catastrophe without addressing the biggest problems that our country faces. those failures are evidenced by the fact that the senate is set to spend the first four months of this year working on the backlog of things we should have done last year. first is funding the government, keeping the lights on, paying the border patrol, paying our military, making sure that government services are available to all citizens. we're a quarter of the way through the current fiscal year and congress has not passed a sing

mr. chairman . >> senator cornyn. >> mr. chairman, i think mr. fonzone's nomination and points made by senator cotton and senator graham gray's larger questions -- raise larger questions. i thinking, as are the comments about the attempts that senator grassley, senator feinstein and those others on this committee have tried to implement reforms to the foreign agent registration act, it's a fact that foreign government, not just friends, but adversaries, higher lobbyist, law firms, accountants, other people here in washington, d.c. who unbeknownst to us are working on behalf of our nations adversaries. and the reason why is because the foreign agent registration act is full of loopholes. and it needs to be fixed. we take an oath of office to uphold the constitution and laws of the united states. not to do the bidding inadvertently, maybe unwittingly, of our nations adversaries. this is serious stuff. because our nations adversaries exploit this loophole in the registration of foreign agents. i will just give you a quick anecdote. back in 2016 i wa

mr. citron. my bill with senator cornyn, the shield act includes a threat protection that would help protection and accountability for those threatened by these predators, young kids get a picture, send it in. think they got a new girlfriend or a new boyfriend and ruins their life or they think it will be ruined and they kill themselves. can you tell me why you're not supporting the shield act? >> senator, we think it is very important that teens have a safe experience on our platforms. i think that the portions to strengthen law enforcement's ability to investigate crimes against children. >> you are holding open that you support it? >> we would very much like to have conversations with you. we are open to discussing further and we do welcome legislation and regulation. this is a very important issue for our country and we've been prioritizing safety for years. >> thank you. i am much more interested in you support it because there have been so much talk with the hearings and popcorn throwing and i just want to get this stuff done and it's been 20 years since the internet because everyone has doub

cornyn. >> think youha mr. chairman.ocrat governor of mexico issued a quote public health emergency order to suspend the right to bear arms in albuquerque and other county. i think i pronounce it correctly. she was warned repeatedly by officials in her states that such a suspension violated the constitution. a group of our college syrians including senator tellis, graham, and cotton and i wrote to the department of justice to intervene and protect the constitutional rights of new mexicans to carry a firearm outside of their home. her request was consistent with the second amendment and that jurisprudence and i suspect the court of last resort will find the same. but unfortunately that does not mark the end of the road for this latest attack on what is a constitutional right. that is something some of our colleagues consistently overlooked. but law-abiding citizen is not a threat to public safety. indeed there is a story think it's in the "washington post" today by philip a bump who points out 52% of american households h

klobuchar, cornyn, klobuchar, blackburn, osoff, we have found common ground here that is astonishing and we had hearing after hearing, mr. chairman, and the bottom line is i've come to conclude, gentlemen, that you're not going to support any of this. how do you say your last name? >> yaccarino. >> do you support the earn it act? >> we strongly support the collaboration to raise industry -- >> no, no, no. do you support the earn it act? did you support the earn it -- in english, do you support the earn it act, yes or no? we don't need double speak here. >> we look forward to supporting and continuing our conversation. >> but you have taken -- the reason the earn it act is important, you can lose your liability protections when children are exploited and you didn't use best business practices. see, the earn it act means you have to earn liability protection. you're giving it no matter what you do. so, to the members of this committee, it is now time to make sure that the people who are holding up the signs can sue on behalf of their loved ones. nothing will change until the courtroom door is open to victims of social med

mr. chairman, thanks so much for joining us. >> wolf, thanks for having me. >> let's talk about this new legislation the president is getting ready to sign. republican senator john cornyn is pushing back against what he calls hard line demands from house republicans on this deal. listen to this. >> you have to make hard choices sometimes in politics and in life. and here the question is do you want to get something that will help us stem the tide of humanity coming across the border and drugs? hoar do you want to get nothing? >> so what's your reaction to that? do house republicans risk getting nothing right now? >> so you're really actually talking about two different bills. there was the bill passed in the house that's funding for the fiscal year. and then there's the supplemental that is the national security bill, that's the quad that the president has proposed which is ukraine, israel, in the pacific and the border provisions. what cornyn was talking about which is very important we need to make certain that we stem the flow at the border. i was at the white house yesterday. he himself said in a meeting the border is broken. and we can't just do that by providing

mr. cornyn: mr. president, since president biden took office three years ago, customs and border protection has