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 as, cortez mao,

mr. daines. ms. duckwoh. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mrgrassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. joson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. keedy. mr. king. ms. klobucha mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lun. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. mark. mr. mcconnell. marshall, 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 affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, book,butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, gillib

mr. daines: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: madam president, i rise today to talk about the need to right a wrong. the national football league and the washington commanders must do more to honor the commanders' native american heritage, as powerfully symbolized by the team's former iconic logo. and they must commit to never, ever again censor it or degrade it. here's the story -- this is a photograph from the 1960's of blackie wetzel and senator robert f. kennedy. blackie wetzel was a member of the blackfeet nation in montana and served his people and the country in many roles throughout his life, including chairman of the blackfeet tribe and president of the national congress of american indians. in 1971, blackie met with george herbert allen, who was then the head coach and the general manager of washington's premier professional sports franchise, the washington redskins. knowing that coach allen admired and supported native americans, blackie wetzel encouraged him to replace the team's "r" logo with something that re

mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. kelly, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. helmy, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. case circumstance aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south the clerk: mr. scott of south directly stem from russia's choice and decision to invade its sovereignty. >> given the joint u.s. nato escalation with you can against can thrash and with china and north korea joining russia to form an alliance against the west, would not use a wo

mr. daines, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, no.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's not good. they also are concerned about the southern border. that mandate for us is we got to secure the border and we've got to do something about it, illegal immigration. something

mr. daines, no. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. 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, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the ayes are 41, the nays are 26. the motion is agreed to. a quorum is present. a quorum is present. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of mustafa taher kasubhai of oregon to be the united states district judge for the district of oregon shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr.

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. 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 many of the bombs

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 clerk: ms. hirono. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, heinrich, hill my, merkley, reed, rosen, van

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 talking with lawm

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 clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. capito, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. thune, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the motion georgia he had to. -- the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.