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, duckworth, dur businesspe

mr. durbin: madam president. thpresiding offir: the senior senator fm illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, i hope that many people tuned into the presentation that senator stabenow just de. those of us who serve in the united states senate know as chairman of the senate agrilture committee, she not only walks the walk, she talks the talk. she has passed a farm bill, n mean feat, she has shown her own expertise in achving that goal and her understanding of a very complex piece of legislation. would the senator from michigan yield for a question? ms. stabenow: yes, absolutely. mrdurbin could you be kind when the current farm ll ord expires. ms. stabenow: the current farm bill sxierls at the -- expires at the end of december. mr. durbin: would you explain to those who are not familiar with it what happens if we do nothing. ms. stabenow: if we do nothing, then a number of programs revert to what is called a depression e era policy and there is something called the dairy cliff which is what many are worried about because it would go to a price structure that would throw

mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from ilnois. mr. durbin: i want to thank the senator fm vermont and remind people that his comments maket clear this is not just a midwestern issue. it affects the whole nation fm one side to the other. as i said, senator stabenow has been our leader i hope we can get a break tlou inhe coming days and weeks. i would like to speak on a separate topic that is timely. hard to bieve it's been less than two weeks sincehe last election. two weeks. if i seems longer, it's because you may have been following what's happened since. already the president-elect donald trump is selecting his proposed members of his cabinet. last week it came- when 2 came to the department ofjustice, mark who is overseeg the team for the department of justice warned, and i quote, career department of justice lawyers must beully committed to implementing president trump's policies or tyhould be leave -- ty should leave or be fired. end of quote. he shamefully slandered these nonpartisan public servants as, quote, a deep state, whate

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, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich,

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 world war iii has begun? >> i i would not say that. that is not a characterization that this building assesses. and you seen as take measures to de-escalate tensions and -- i'm sorry, , i'm speaking broadly around the world. but when it comes to ukraine, the commitment of this administration from the very beginning of this one was to help ukraine take back its sovereign territory. i decision i and of the country to invade its sovereign neighbor cannot go unchecked and that's why you think that just the unite

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 -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, hassan, kelly, lujan, manchin, padilla, pete

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. durbin, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. vote: the clerk: mr. risch, no. clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. markey, aye. decisively that far too many americans are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, struggling to get by and struggling to get ahead. and we're hopeful that the incoming administration is prepared to join us in that effort to truly make the american dream available and accessible to everyone. now, my honor to yield to my good friend, my classmate, my colleague an amazing leader in house democratic caucus democratic whip katherine clark. >> thank thank you so much,. leader. i am profoundly grateful for the trust and confidence of my colleagues and especially grateful to get to work with this leadership team led by hakeem jeffries who continue to pull our caucus together and to lead with the american people at the center of everything he does. we are so grateful for you, mr. leader, for all your partnership and the values and inspiration that you bring to our caucus. house democrats,

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call with respect to the ali nomination, cloture motion, be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions 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 539, amir h. ali of the district of columbia to beious district judge for the district of columbia. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of amir h. ali of the district of columbia to be united states district judge for the district of columbia 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. bennet. mrs. blackburn. th

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic w mr. durbin: i ask that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i serve as the -- on the senate judiciary committee, where away work to protect freedom, advance justice and bring balance to our federal courts. over the past four years, we have advanced well-qualified nominees to the federal bench who reflect the reality of america. we've made significant progress on issues important to our nation. for many of us, the outcome of last week's election was not what we wanted, what we fought for or what we voted for, but my priorities for the committee have not changed because of the election. i will continue to work on issues that are important to all americans, judicial confirmations, reproductive rights for women, fixing our broken immigration system and gun violence protection. i'm proud of the committee's contributions to one of the most important accomplishments of the biden-harris administration, by voting in qualified people to the bench. elt s

mr. trump after suspending his own campaign. this comes out to the democratic senator dick durbin called on the house ethics committee to preserves investigative report on former congressman matt gaetz, who donald trump nominated as attorney general. after leading -- reading his letter of resignation. mr. gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation. the house ethics committee has its own investigation into mr. gaetz. he faces increased scrutiny on both sides of the aisle and mr. durbin said the american people should know what is in the report. >> i want to know what is in the ethics committee report. it is a bipartisan investigation with serious charges. that has to be public. let the american people then decide if he is competent and qualified. what is our constitutional responsibility when it comes to these nominations? for the attorney general of the united states, it is one of the most important nominations. caitrÍona: for more let's go to our correspondent, jessica parker, who is in florida. from what we know, what will rfk junior bring to the department of health and human services? jessica: i think expectations have

mr. durbin, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr.. ms. warren cringes ms. warren, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. wyden, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. murkowski, no. mrs. britt, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. cruz, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the 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

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 lawmakers about the incoming p

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 dropped in gaza. the trut

mr. sheedy. miss kirkpatrick. >> good morning. chairman durbin, ranking member graham and members of the committee. thank you for allowing me to provide background on mastercard, the value we bring to consumers and businesses. mastercard is a global company that connects billions of consumers with businesses and enables them to make payments that are safe and simple. we do this with precision. 200 billion times a year for nearly $10 trillion of payments annually. our brand has become synonymous with trust. the payment space in which we operate is massively competitive. there have never been more choices for consumers to pay. these choices range from cash and check to debit, prepaid, credit, buy now, pay later, digital wallets, ach, real-time payments, account to account, pay by bank, private label, regional networks, cryptocurrencies and even the federal reserve. it's this competition that fuels our motivation to innovation. as noted by the doj, mastercard is a very different company from its largest competitor both in size and structure. nearly

mr. chairman. >> thank you, chair durbin. senator kennedy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for calling this hearing. ms. umber, you were in a georgia state prison? >> yes, that is correct. >> okay. and ms. laboy come out by saying her name right? >> yes, sir. >> your daughter was in a state prison? >> yes, york correctional. >> in georgia. >> york correctional in connecticut. >> well, i want to thank both of you for coming. i mean, your testimony was instructed but that sounds kind of sterile when you put it that way. it was also moving. i know these four colleagues well. hope we will have another hearing on the subject. i would like to sit down with them and others and try to figure how to address this problem. >> yeah. >> i've had this discussion with senator booker before. i think it, we need to address the issue of solitary confinement in our prisons. we need to involve law enforcement. i'm hoping that another hearing we will offer the georgia state officials the chance to come in and tell us what happened here, and offer constructive suggestions. i i gues

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mr. chairman. >> thank you, chair durbin. senator kennedy. >> thank you, mr. chairman.nd thank you for calling this hearing. ms. umber, you were in a georgia state prison? >> yes, that is correct. >> okay. and ms. laboy come out by saying her name right? >> yes, sir. >> your daughter was in a state prison? >> yes, york correctional. >> in georgia. >> york correctional in connecticut. >> well, i want to thank both of you for coming. i mean, your testimony was instructed but that sounds kind of sterile when you put it that way. it was also moving. i know these four colleagues well. hope we will have another hearing on the subject. i would like to sit down with them and others and try to figure how to address this problem. >> yeah. >> i've had this discussion with senator booker before. i think it, we need to address the issue of solitary confinement in our prisons. we need to involve law enforcement. i'm hoping that another hearing we will offer the georgia state officials the chance to come in and tell us what happened here, and offer constructive suggestions. i i guess

mr. stern. chairman durbin, ranking member graham, and the other honorable members of the committee, my name is kenneth stern. i direct the bard center for the study of hate and i worked at the american jewish committee for 25 years where i directed the division on anti-semitism and extremism. i want to share a frame work to think about anti-semitism and hate and hate crime in the campus and democracy. when people hate, whether they hate people of another race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or politics, they create simplicity and certainty. they are seduced by binary good/bad thinking and drawn to symbols. this is a characteristic in how we divide the world between us and them. we're human and not immune to the comfort of simple answers to complicated questions. anti-semitism is at heart conspiracy theory that sees jews as conspireing to harm humidity. it appears on the right and on the left. it's also the philosophical backbone of much white supremacy. we tend to think about anti-semitism as only what people say about jews or israel and not enough about how vilification of anyone a

mr. gaetz to serve as the country's attorney general but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle questioned his nomination. dick durbinate democrats called on the fbi to provide the senate judiciary committee with the complete evidentiary file on mr. gaetz's investigation saying i's the committee's duty to completely review his background. not everybody is against the nomination. earlier today vice president elect jd vance met with republican senators on capitol hill to shore up support for donald trump's pick and brought mr. gaetz along for the visit. the president-elect refused to reconsider his nomination and took to social media to rail against what he considers a leftist agenda saying he nominated great american patriots that are "only trying to fix the mess democrats have made dot" our senior north american correspondent gary donahue was on capitol hill following all of the twists and turns today. take us through what happened. >> it is a hot mess, to be honest. in the ethics committee in particular. shortly after their committee broke up, the senior democrat there, from pennsylvania, came out and said, we had a

mr. speaker, last month congresswoman delauro and i along with senators van hollen and durbin led over 80 congressional democrats to urge the biden administration to impose financial sanctions on certain members of the netanyahu government. specifically israeli finance minister and national security minister for their role in the rise of settler violence, settler expansion, and general destabilization of the west bank. i represent one of the largest palestinian populations in the united states. i have had constituents who lost loved ones, family land seized, and even as american citizens have been detained in israeli prisons simply for the crime of visiting their families. i am also a staunch supporter of israel and categorically support their right to defend themselves and recover hostages taken cure the horrific acts of october 7. let us be very clear there is no conflict between supporting the nation of israel and the dignity of the palestinian people so long as you are committed to a permanent and durable regional peace in this lifetime. that peace will never be realized until people

mr. harris. >> thank you so much for the question, senator durbin.oticed two ailments from your question, one being, can we regulate this, and two, do we have the right people in government to do it? to the first point, i would refer you back to the blumenthal holly framework that has been presented. >> i was hoping you would say that. >> it contains the key elements that i would recommend, even if i had not read it, i would've said licensing and registration of a.i. systems and the companies that make them. liability. clearly holding a.i. companies liable for the products they make, and provenance, giving people the ability to know what content is produced by a.i., and what content is produced by humans. those are just a few pieces that are already in the framework, and i'm excited to see the details of that. to your question about talent, this is not the first time this issue has come up in the federal government. you might recall the healthcare.gov launch. that was, i believe, one of the first major public moments when people realized it was very

mr. gaetz -- whether that will be released as well. host: the senate judiciary committee, which is now controlled by democrats -- it won't be in january. they were led by dick durbinllinois and have asked for the justice department's investigation. caller: will they release it to the public? host: according to the wall street journal, the fbi does not do that. they do not hand over their investigations to congress because it is against the law and they don't normally do that. that is what the senate judiciary committee, which is led by democrats now, have asked for that. caller: here my concern. it all seems to be one-sided. i'm remember the quote that said the first deplete the case seems just until another comes along to examine him. we are looking at the house report. we really don't know what it says. we are all looking. it seems to imply he's automatically guilty. there seems to be this department of justice report out there that seems to be exonerate him because the people who witnessed -- there are questions about their credibility. everyone is lobbying to release the one that basically disfavors him but they don't want to release the other that may exonera

mr. gaetz's confirmation as the next attorney general of the united states and our constitutional responsibility of advice and consent. statement from dick durbin. this is pete for the massachusetts. independent. good morning. caller: good morning, john. what i got is, right now i'm speaking in all caps. i'll throw an exclamation point in there every so often. yeah, i'm just worried about the pick he's making. they're horrible. if they're anything like last time he was in, you know, matt gaetz -- you know, we got a captain that's going to be secretary of defense. we got traitor to the democratic party, i think she just want -- i don't know. i got a plan. i've been not sleeping. i've got the trump depression, i guess, i don't know. the whole thing is, if i was joe biden i'd retire, make kamala, make her the 47th, piss off a lot of magats because they got 47 instead of 48 on their hat. but then i would take joe, put anymore jail. he had the documents. i'd take trump, raid mar-a-lago, bring them all back. host: that's pete they are morning. showing you what's happening on capitol hill right now. the freshmen members, the elected members that will

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks before the roll call starts, roll call vote starts. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: thank you very much. i'm going to be brief, because i know members will be coming in very shortly for the vote. it's been an honor to serve as shishman of the senate judiciary for four years. we had a big job, the biggest was filling judicial vacancies. we have filled 214 federal vacancies at the court level through activities of the senate judiciary committee and the floor. it's been a burden and a challenge, but i want to really commend all of the members of the senate judiciary committee on a bipartisan basis for working together to fill these vacancies. over 90% of these vacancies were filled on a bipartisan basis. that's saying something, isn't it, in today's america, that we're able to find common ground? we didn't agree even on all of those nominees, but certainly there was an effort to reach across t