mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. . 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. rkowski. 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. mssinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mal 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 -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, book,brown, butler, carper, casey, as soon

mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: the mr. humer: mr. president. i move t proceed to execuve session to csider calendar the presiding officer: the qution is on the motion. a senato i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a suicient second? there appears to be. the clk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. the clerk: mrs. blackburn. vote: mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. the clerk: mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. msbutler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. 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.

vote: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 58. the nays are 37. and the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session to be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 5464, which was received from the house and is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 5464, to name the department of veterans affairs community-based outpatient clinic in guntersville, alabama, as the colonel ola lee mize department of veterans affairs clinic. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid

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. 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 -- lujan and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, collins, c

mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. duckworth. two months left of the biden administration majority leader chuck schumer is working to confirm as many nominees as possible before inauguration day the incoming trump administration getting a lot of attention on capitol hill these days. on wednesday vice president elect jd vance was with former representative matt needs to introduce them to senators as a way to confirm his nomination for attorney general and the new congress. these introductions happening on the same day as the house ethics committee considering whether to release its report on mr. gates pertaining to alleged sexual misconduct, drug use and other accusations. republicans on the committee voted to keep the report confidential for now despite calls for its disclosure by lawmakers and others. more nominees of president-elect trumps administration are also expected to meet with senators in the coming days mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. ms. lummis. how does hud administration of the funds take

mr. cruz, no. mr. thune, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47. the nays are 36. the tion is agreed to. the clerk will report the mi nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, amir h. alley of the distributes of columbia to be united states district judge. mr. schumer: i send a motion to the desk. the presing officer: wl report the motion to invoke cloture. the clk: we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisionsf rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate othe nomination of executive calendar numbe 539. i r amir alley to be united states district judge for the district of columbia signed b 17 senators as follows. the presiding officer: is there obction? woiks. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the queson is on the motion to proceed. a senator: [inaudible]. the presiding officer: is ther objection? is there a sufficit second? the erk will call the roll. schumer before we call the roll, mr. president, we're going to

mr. cruz, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 49. the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the motion is agreed to. let's begin the associate press yesterday calling the house for republicans after television networks have done so in earlier days. in washington new leadership saying we have a mandate. do you agree and if so what is it? >> i do think we have a mandate and the mandate is for the american people and it is quite clear. the economy is a mess. inflation over the last four years is increased over 20.5% 2% cumulative. 2.7 oh whatever right now but you have to take it from a perspective how much it has increased over the last four years. people are hurting. i can kill people my district are hurting. they're having to make a decision between groceries and gas and that

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 high explosivebe mortar rounds as j.o block guidance kits attached to m

the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote: the two leaders to commemorate7s with global challenges in putting gaza in the south china sea. second and third largest democracies, the united states and indonesia share a commitment to addressing evolving challenges and capitalizing on emergent opportunities. pelagius discussed sustainable approaches to food security, clean energy, democracy, and pluralism. regional peace and stability in people to people ties as well as advancing our cooperation and humanitarian aid and disaster relief. earlier today president biden welcomed president israel to the oval office she urged the president himself his commitment to israel's se

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 ukraine. earlier today at vice president-elect jd vance was on capitol hill t

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. 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. that idea is actually not new. it's written plainly into article one powers right in the but half a century of seating legislative authority t

i can think of no member of the entire senate that is as distasteful as mr. cruzorter: so you hear that voter saying there is no senator more distasteful than senator ted cruz. this is a dallas polling location, a metropolitan area. those expected to go and lean heavily toward collin allred. cruz will rely on the rural areas across this vast state in order to shore up support. and let's talk about this race a little bit here. beto o'rourke, giving a very tight race to incumbent senator ted cruz, losing by just a couple points here. one key differentiating factor in allred's campaign, andrea, he's tried to come up as much more middle of the road than o'rourke did. he lacks name recognition. there is some hope he would be able to pull in some independent voters in that regard. time will tell. but i can assure you, andrea, that the line has really not died down here at this dallas polling location and we do not anticipate it to do so for some time. should democrats win this race, in texas, as you mentioned, it would be the first time they have elected someone to a st

mr. chairman. i'm over my side. >> senator cruz? >> anti-semitism is a unique, historic form of evil. and over millennia it has manifested in violence, mass murder, and genocide. october 7th was one of the darkest days in human history when terrorists murdered over 1200 israelis and took 251 hostages. women and girls were raped. it was the largest single mass murder of jews and a day since the holocaust. in the wake of october 7, we have seen anti-semitism expand load -- export across united states and across the world, but especially at college campuses. the adl is illustrated, the number of anti-semitic incidents, more vthan doubled. in the united states. five college campuses in particular have become vile incubators of hatred of jews. at cornell university, in the aftermath of october 7, one student made bio threats, including statements such as if i see a pig mail jew i will stab you and slit your throat. if i see another pig female jew i will drag you away and throw you off the cliff. a student organization and california state university- long beach. circulated a flyer calling

mr. money bag, so you don't have to talk. he doesn't. i wish. yeah, right. all right. good morning everyone. let's get right to the santa cruzput the arrow here northbound 17 is where the crash is. i took the icons off because i just didn't like them on the screen. but. okay, this is what it looks like with the icons. let's take them off there. there's a long backup in santa cruz, north or coming from santa cruz to los gatos because of a crash in the lexington hills northbound 17 right near the summit. second crash of the morning. i'm not sure if the driving conditions are great there, but if you're driving into the south bay, please give yourself extra time because of what's going on. the rest of the south bay commute still looks good. the bay bridge is backed up to the maze, but 80 westbound has a couple of slowdowns in richmond and el cerrito due to earlier problems. so we're getting a little full out there. 650. let's talk about today's weather. here's steve. >> so and i'm in the line at the at the grocery store. you're that guy with the 50 to 100 coupons. >> no no no it's all electronic my man. no, i get two for one her

mr. sal castaneda. we good to go? >> yes we are. as a matter of fact, the only thing we had just cleared up. so let me show you something here on the santa cruz mountains approach northbound 17. there was a grass fire near the area of lexington hills, and they had closed some lanes. now you can see the purple means closed, but they have just opened the lanes. it takes a while. there we go. it takes a while for that to go away. but now it's green. there's no slowdown and we kind of averted a big backup there. let's talk about the east bay. and you can see that most of these freeways that i'm showing you, east bay and south bay, are off to a good start. 501 let's go back to the headlines. >> thank you sal. today we should be one step closer to officially learning if voters will recall, oakland mayor xiang tao and alameda county district attorney pamela price. ktvu james torres has been following both races all week and joins us live now in oakland with what we're expecting today. good morning james. >> good morning to you, pam. well, we will expect another batch of ballots to be tallied. and added to that official voter count. that will take us

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. kreuz kreuz i rise -- ms. de la cruz: i rise today to honor the talented owners of burnt bean company. a barbeque restaurant in texas. they were recently presented with the prestigious bib gordonman award during the inaugural mitchland guide texas ceremony in houston. this recognition places burnt bean company among an elite group of 45 distinguished establishments across texas. earnest and david's dedication to passion have not only earned them this award, but also three james beard award nominations in the past. affirming burnt bean company's place as culinary leaders in our nation. today we celebrate burnt bean company as a beacon of hard work, creativity and excellence that continues to put texas on the map. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the ge