mr. durbin, ms. ernst, mr. fetterman, mrs. fischer, mr. gillibrand, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde smith, mr, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, miss klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, miss lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr, 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. chuck schumer's original point of order, the article one per alejandro mayorkas it's unconstitutional saying no high crimes or misdemeanors were alleged in that article. reminder that article about ale

mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fisher. ms. gillibrand. mrs. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. howson. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. mr. ono. mr. hoeven. ms. hyde-smith. mrs. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lamont. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. >> currently in a roll call vote voting on senator ted cruz, the republican of texas, his motion to proceed to a closed session to consider senate majority leader chuck schumer's motion that the impeachment article is unconstitutional deciding whether to go to closed session, and that after that. we expect the senate majority leader chuck schumer to continue with his push to make the trial, we are here on c-span two watching live. mr. rubio. >> mr. sanders. mr. shots. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. domino. mr. sullivan. mr. chester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr

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. sf sf coons, grassley, king, murray, smith and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- crapo, paul, scott of south carolina, and thune. the clerk: mr. m

mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: reserving the right to object. madam president, the senator from louisiana is my friend. we throw that term around here in the senate, but it's true. i think wee say the same. we both serve on the senate judiciary committee. we've worked on issues together. we've been adversaries but we've done it respectfully, and i will continue that, i hope, this day. but the gentleman, the senator from louisiana, brings to the floor of the senate and to this debate special qualities. he sounds many times like a homespun back woods lawyer. don't be fooled. he's a graduate of a famous university in england. i've fopthen which one -- forgotten which one. oxford, cambridge, one of those. they're not the big ten but i know they're in england. i congratulate you. i was never even considered for a university of that stature. he's a brilliant lawyer and senator and raises important questions, not just for the moment but for history. the question before us today that he's raising is about the purpor

mr. durbin: mr. president, as chair of the senate judiciary committee, one of my highest priorities has been the confirmation of judges to fill vacancies on the federal bench. since the beginning of the biden administration, the senate has confirmed over 191 highly qualified independent and even-handed jurists to the federal bench. it's my belief there will be a total of 193 in just a matter of days. they represent the best of our legal system. demographically and professionally diverse judges who respect the rule of law, adhere to precedent, and above all answer only to the constitution. we should add another nominee to that list, adeel mangi who has been nominated to the u.s. court of appeals for the third circuit. what an amazing resume. mr. mangi is imminently -- eminently qualified. he graduated from oxford and harvard law school. he spent more than 20 years in private practice at one of the top law firms in the united states. he focused his practice on commercial litigation. he has served as co

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic whip. mr. durbin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask order in the chamber. the presiding officer: would senators please take their conversations off the floor. mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, for the past year, the senate has engaged in a serious bipartisan effort to reform a controversial spying authority known as section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, or fisa. i have never questioned that section 702 is a valuable tool for collecting foreign intelligence. congress' intention when we passed section 702 was clear as could be. fisa section 702 is supposed to be used only for spying on for foreigners abroad. instead, sadly, it has enabled warrantless access to vast databases of america's private phone calls, text messages, and e-mails. this powerful tool has been m misused, sadly, in the united states to spy on protestors, journalists, and even members of congress. last friday, the house of repres

mr. durbin, no. mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: with 53 yeas and 47 nays, the joint resolution has passed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of h. j. res. 98. which the clerk will report. the clerk: h. j. res. 98 providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5 in the united states code and so forth. the presiding officer: majority whip. mr. durbin: unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of h. con. res. 85 which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h. con. res. 85, concurrent resolution authorizing the use of emancipation hall in the capitol visitors center and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the concurrent revvings be -- of resolution be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. the presi

mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. the clerk: ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. the clerk: ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. the clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. m

mr. durbin, ms. ernst, mr. fetterman, missus fischer. mrs. gillibrand, mr. graham, mr. ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper. ms. sharon oh, mr. hoeven, ms. hyde smith, mr. johnson. mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king. mr. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. ms. lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr mr. mullin, ms. murkowski. mr. murphy, mrs. murray. mr. all soft, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. petersmr. romney. mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sandersmr. schatz, mr. schmitz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of floridamr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen, ms. sinema, ms. smith. mrs. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. mr. tillis, mr. taber bill, mr. van hollen, mr. vance. mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. majority leaders recognize. ask any senator is not in the senate chamber at the time the meoath was administered to the other senators will make the facts are known to the chairs of the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the tsenate -- mike to the senator. >> sgt at arms to

mr. durbin, ms. ernest, mr. fetterman, mrs. fischer, mrs. julie brann, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mr. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, mr. alanis district of islamists, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr, 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. turberville mr. vance mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young, [roll call vote] >> what are the final results here on the boat to officially end the impeachment trial homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the two articles filed against

mr. durbin: i ask that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: thank you. madam president, some years ago i had the privilege of visiting our american servicemembers stationed in the fifth fleet in bahrain. despite a pro-western population, iran's hard-line leadership regularly threatened the united states interest and its allies. iran has long found money in weapons to some of the worst proxies, hamas, hezbollah, and the houthis. some of whom attacked u.s. personnel in iraq and syria. that's why i supported the iran nuclear agreement under president obama. not because it would stop iran's belligerence in the region, but would prevent it from doing to with a nuclear bomb. we saw the iranian threat this weekend and a massive attempted attack on israel. one that the united states and other allies was largely able to thwart. i hope cooler heads will prevail and keep this from escalating in an unstable region of the world. makes no mistake because former president trump withdrew the united states from the iran nuclear agreement, an agreement w

mr. durbin: mr. president, i want to thank my colleague from texas, though we may disagree on some important aspects of this law, he has made a thorough presentation of his point of view. i hope those who are following this debate understand it because it is complicated. compla indicated to under -- complicated to understand and explain. there are a couple of areas i would like to express a point of view on the senator from texas's comments. number one, i'm in favor of keeping section 702 when it comes to its initial purpose, we still need it to keep america safe and we need it in many different aspects. you mentioned the fentanyl situation, it's horrible. the most recent figures i received from the drug enforcement administration says over 100,000 fentanyl deaths, there are at least two cartels in mexico generating this, they are actively engaged and the drug enforcement agency is monitoring what they're doing. do we want to get into that business model and find out a way to thwart more fentanyl in

mr. durbin. the senator from washington, ms. the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar. the senator from west virginia, mr. manchin. the senator from new jersey, mr. the senator from maryland, mr. kardon. -- cardin. the senator from hawaii, ms. hirono. the senator from kentucky. the senator from south dakota, mr. theun. the senator from wyoming. the senator from west virginia, mrs. capito. the senator from iowa, ms. ernst. the senator from alaska, ms. mruczkowski. the senator from idaho, mr. parishioner. and the senator from tennessee, mr. haggardy. haggerty. the speaker: members of the escort committee have entered the chamber through the lobby doors. >> mr. speaker, the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. >> mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister of japan. the speaker: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you his excellency, kishida fumio, the prime minister of japan. prime minister kishida: mr. speaker, madam vice president, honorable members of the united states congress. distinguished gu

mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from illinois. mr. durbin: last week we saw another tragedy in gaza, an attack that killed self many people drfrgs desperately-needed lifesaving aid. the victims were employees of world central kitchen, an amazing organization run by an extraordinary individual, jose andres. this started to feed people. andre's innovative and courageous team has been helping people in gaza sinses the crisis began in october, providing critical food to millions of innocents caught in the conflict. i joined mr. andres in a meeting at our capitol just a few weeks ago with a few other senators. he told us his ambitious plans to increase food aid to gaza. i have always admired his ingenuity and tenacity in taking on these lifesaving actions for those truly in need. he is truly a hero. my heart goes out to him and those on his team who were recklessly killed last week adding to the number of aid workers killed in gaza. we have seen a cascading crisis in this conflict. the list keeps growing. october 7 the hamas attack object i

mr. durbin, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. kelly, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. risch, aye. ms. baldwin, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. ms. klobuchar, no. ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. peters, no. mr. cotton, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mr. ho

mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr.. >> no. >> so just so you know what they're voting on here, you saw ted cruz, that was his motion to go into closed session. you just heard the response from chuck schumer. we gave them the possibility of two and a half hours of debate, 15 different resolutions argue this should be held in public. while they are voting, and we'll continue to follow that. really quickly, julia ainsley, i want to go to you. ted cruz said something that should have a fact check. he said mayorkas presided over the worst criminal invasion in history. fact check that for us. >> reporter: look, how do you define that in legal term, but what we've seen is a very low number of anyone posing a threat who has crossed the boarder and to call it an invasion is a misrepresentation of the facts because the people who cross the border are stopped by customs and border protection, and they're processed. yes, there are some people who come in, they call them got aways in the ports of entry. the majority are processed,

mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr.erty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. the clerk: 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. 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. the clerk: 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 -- baldwin, barrasso, blackburn, britt, butler, collins, coons, cotton, daines, durb

durbin: thank you, senator. senator kotten. sen. cotton: mr. schwartz, i have a senate -- series of questions to establish a baseline facts. since the professor mentioned you by name for disagreement, would you like to respond? i think she said arbitration fees are higher than court fees. mr. schwartz: i submit the rules of the american arbitration association. the payment is not more than $300, and there is one way of fee sharing if you win the arbitration. all of your fees are reimbursed. i will submit the rules to the committee and to the professor. sen. cotton: is that $300 a day? mr. schwartz: no, an immediate fee. i will submit the rules to the committee. the rules don't lie. people can speculate about them. take a look at them. sen. cotton: thank you. i will go to the questions i have two establish baseline facts. the point of having a court system is that people who have been wronged can have a fair and efficient system, correct? mr. schwartz: that is right. sen. cotton: are state and federal courts overburdened? mr. schwartz: yes, they

durbin: thank you, senator. senator kotten. sen. cotton: mr. schwartz, i have a senate -- series of questions to establish a baseline facts. since the professor mentioned you by name for disagreement, would you like to respond? i think she said arbitration fees are higher than court fees. mr. schwartz: i submit the rules of the american arbitration association. the payment is not more than $300, and there is one way of fee sharing if you win the arbitration. all of your fees are reimbursed. i will submit the rules to the committee and to the professor. sen. cotton: is that $300 a day? mr. schwartz: no, an immediate fee. i will submit the rules to the committee. the rules don't lie. people can speculate about them. take a look at them. sen. cotton: thank you. i will go to the questions i have two establish baseline facts. the point of having a court system is that people who have been wronged can have a fair and efficient system, correct? mr. schwartz: that is right. sen. cotton: are state and federal courts overburdened? mr. schwartz: yes, they

mr. president, just shut it down. they told us it was immoral. dick durbin called american soldiers. >> if i read this to you you and didn't tell you that it was an fbi agent describingscribi what americans had doneng to prisoners in their controt ad you would most certainly believe this must have happenetd by , soviets in their gulags or some mad regime, pol pot or others that had no concern for human beings. sadlery, that's not the case. this was the action of americans in treatment of their own prisoners. >> terrorists were victimizedors by american. obama even built themllar s $1,000,000 soccer fielocd, a a million dollars on a soccer field. >> how dfield,o you spend $2 min doing the soccer field? you have a level piece of landsc . throw them a ball. let them play soccer ifla they have to play at all. wh y? >> why are they even? why are they playing soccer? it's my question. democratss gave terrorists soccer fields, free lawyers, constitutional rights.and >> eric holder's law firm flew down to gitmo to represent qaeda al qaeda. pro bono. pro bare you get

durbin and thank you to the witnesses today. i welcome and i'm going to focus my questions today on antitrust. mr.chwartz i wrote out a book they can help you with that get to the topst shelf. i'm going to ask ms. gillis questions on this front. because i think it's important thing that has not been touched on yet. i am chair of that subcommittee. work with center at lee on this extensively as well as senator grassley. i am concerned some of the forest arbitrations are frustrating the purpose of our antitrust laws. like a noted during our hearing one of the hearings on the topic in 2019 i was and still am disappointed to see the supreme court allowed american express to force arbitration even though doing so would make it difficult to enforce the law. in her dissent in the case, justice kagan wrote the forced arbitration provision in the employee's contract with american express and violated the sherman antitrust act by depriving parties of a chance to challenge alleged monopolistic conduct. meanwhile large companies were able to negotiate better fees are arbitration clauses that smaller companies

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask that the senate stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate stands in recess subject to the call of the chair. that get more resources for central so getting central graduate school early on right using that kind of segregation and racism to help the black community in this university in particular. and so not only hbcu use are just a logo of all the kind of. know kind of houses this 11 four year institutions. at one point it was the most four year hbcu of any in one of the reasons why we have so many hbcu is because there was a significant black population in north carolina and that is tied to what? slavery. right. so slavery was a major factor. north carolina. and so they're after slavery, right there remained a large black population. right. a lot of this population is kind of center stage, particularly in the pied

mr. durbin: mr. president, as chair of the senate judiciary committee, one of my highest priorities has been the