mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. & mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- alsobrooks, baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, blunt rochester, booker, cantwell, fetterman, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kim

mr. gallego? mr. cohen, does the sec -- the sec has tried to advance a legal argument that digital assets and body an underlying investment contract. is this supported in case law and what would be the effect of using that legal argument as a statutory requirement or definition? mr. cohen: that is a very important question. the reality is that the sec has developed a novel theory when they failed at other approaches in this regard. initially, the sec characterized all digital assets as crypto asset securities and they plainly said this in their complaints and court filings. after that approach was rejected by courts, the sec under the prior administration attempted to adopt a new theory that a digital asset may not itself be a security but it embodies some sort of scheme. the problem with that theory is how do you know? just because one says so? there's nothing about a digital asset that suggests a third-party examining that asset could make any determination. does it or does not embody something? i c

mr. gallego: i ask unanimous consent -- mr. paul: mr. president, what was the consent request? the presiding officer: can the senator repeat the request, please. mr. gallego: i withhold my request. the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. mr. schiff: i urge you to beware the temptation of holding both sides equally at fault. the presiding officer: the time has expired, senator. mr. schiff: may i have consent to speak for two minutes? the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. a senator: i object. mr. paul: if we could be done in two minutes. the presiding officer: senator ernst, you objected. withdrawn. the senator from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. schiff: i thank my colleagues for their courtesy to speak on this resolution. i urge you to beware of the temptation of labeling both sides equally at fault. the temptation to ignore the facts of history and aggressive impulses of an evil colleagues. my colleagues, these are the words of ronald reagan almost 42 years ago

mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. ms. ernst, aye. ms.lins, aye. ms. hirono, no. mr. merkley, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. moody, aye. mr. warner, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. slotkin, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. mr. reed, no. mr. markey, no. ms. warren, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. moreno, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. durbin, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty,

mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham.ill be confirmed. >> the way this process. >> works is the vote remains open for a. certain window of time. senators will then trickle onto the house floor. the clerk will acknowledge them and they will either vote aye or nay. >> sometimes they can do. >> it with a thumbs up. sometimes they do it with a thumbs down, depending on. how they plan to. message that to the clerk. so we'll our team. >> is keeping a close. >> eye on this vote as it progresses. it could take some time. they they'll go through the roster. >> if an. individual senator. >> happens to be in the room, they'll acknowledge and. >> vote, but. >> they may go through the entire roster and then start back up at the beginning. if a senator. >> does not happen. >> to be in the room at that time, there are hearings happening in other spots in the capitol right now, so it may take them some time to get into the room. so this could. be a 20 or 25 minute process, depending. >> on. >> how long it takes for each one of these sena

mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate ismented during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during vote. the senator will suspend e -- suspend. the clerk: mr. hawley. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the clerk: mr. hawley. mr. hickenlooper. the presiding officer: pursuant too rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: ms. hirono. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend e. the clerk: mr. quelly. -- mr. kelly. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will success spend. the

mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mrs. gillibrand. i'm honored to be sitting here to be nominated for the next sector of the v.a. i want to think my friend kevin cramer for the kind introduction. i appreciate his work and your work as well. i thank him for that. i would like to thank president trump for his nomination and his willingness to have not on the veterans of this country. i'm privileged today and appreciate the chairman and ring them mentioning my family because i would not view without them. my wife of 36 years is with me lisa. i have my son copeland, his wife your guide my son cameron and his fiancÉe. and then on the one of the quizzes altogether and that is jordan. she is our daughter. also on the public is watching what no of the list of a didn't mention, my 86-year-old 86-year-old father who spent 31 years as a as a georgia ste trooper. bad, i'm here because of you and mom. and i love you. america's greatest nation on earth. its grace nation i believe because of many women who serve it it's a minute when that is certain

mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. the hearing to consider the nomination of troy edgar to be deputy secretary of the department of homeland security and dan bishop to be the deputy director of the office of management and budget will come to order. for far too long federal >> has increased unchecked amassing over $36 trillion in debt. her children and grandchildren will one day inherit it. in washington there's a mindset that seems to be to just write another check is if each new dollar debt doesn't matter. last for years we have added nearly $6 billion a day or $241 million per hour toward national debt for a running total of $8.5 trillion over the last four years to the unchecked and reckless >> spree in washington over the last four years has put every american family on the hook for another $67,000 injo debt. despite this unprecedented level of >> agencies continue to ask for more funding more authority and more staff while doing less and less for americans. unsurprisingly americans across the country have taken n

mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand.y overall level of trade is too small in the grocery tax working families will be required to pay is far too high for this ever work nevertheless the self-proclaimed president is pushing forward by firing 65 irs workers responsible for tax enforcement in today congress is about to vote on one beautiful bill this solution to the voting republican concern about our initial debt the king of debt will approvejanuary the seventh we are going to have prices down. i think you will see pretty drastic price reduction. if anybody can find the reductions. i would like to know about it what is drastic is the approach being taken with this republican budget in the fact that beginning this weekend my texas consumers rely on mexican produce will pay 25% more as a result of the new trump tariff tax, for the nation's farmers these tariffs promise more pain the type of pain that they got during the first trumpmr administration when taxpayers were out billions of dollars for welfare payments when farmers

mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr.. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar. serving america's small businesses, no stronger advocate than our president. actually our commitment if confirmed i will work tirelessly to make small business again. i want to thank my wonderful husband jeff and my wonderful friends who have joined us here today most importantly i gave all thanks and glory to god. as someone who has meant my life working in small businesses, starting them, growing them and helping them succeed, i know that small business is big business for america. they comprise 99% of small businesses, 2 out of 3 new jobs. they are the opportunity and innovation engines that drive prosperity and growth and they power the american economy as much as they power the american dream and president trump make historic strides driving small business formation, blue- collar boom and agenda created 7

mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr.heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. plan is to help the wealthy get wealthier tax giveaways families paying the bill. how massive giveaways going to be paid for? slashing services to families and families try to get on their feet so they can thrive and get to the middle-class. great betrayal. today we will consider russell the office of management and the budget really the place for this campaign is coordinated. we will hear very different ideas have to take our country forward. from m

mr. gallego. the clerk: mrs. fischer. mr. p gallego. mr. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. l the clerk: mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. the ske is is it the sense of the senate that the deba

gallego: mr. kessler, you helped issue the exclusions request process. -- was neither transparent nor objective. if confirmed, do you commit to complying with all oversight requests from the commerce department inspector general and congress, particularly regarding these kinds of tariffs because it does affect a lot of us in our home states. mr. kessler: i commit to complying with all valid requests. sen. gallego: mr. pulte, good to meet you. i thank you for texting me. you have previously stated that regulation cuts are needed to increase housing supply which i agree with and speaking to builders, developers and homeowners, i could see a remake of our regulations that add costs to the developers which are then passed on to the consumers and homebuyers. which regulations do you think need to be changed to support increasing the supply of housing? mr. pulte: great question and congratulations on your baby. we love the state of arizona. they've been very good to our family over the years. hot except

gallego: mr. kessler, you helped issue the exclusions request process. -- was neither transparent nor objective. if confirmed, do you commit to complying with all oversight requests from the commerce department inspector general and congress, particularly regarding these kinds of tariffs because it does affect a lot of us in our home states. mr. kessler: i commit to complying with all valid requests. sen. gallego: mr. pulte, good to meet you. i thank you for texting me. you have previously stated that regulation cuts are needed to increase housing supply which i agree with and speaking to builders, developers and homeowners, i could see a remake of our regulations that add costs to the developers which are then passed on to the consumers and homebuyers. which regulations do you think need to be changed to support increasing the supply of housing? mr. pulte: great question and congratulations on your baby. we love the state of arizona. they've been very good to our family over the years. hot except

mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. curtis, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, nays 49. the confirmation is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be l immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: thank you very much. to my colleagues, we'll soon be starting what is commonly called a vote-a-rama. if you've never been in one, it's okay. but know it's a chance to have spirited discussion and debate about policy and about the budget resolution. so what's happened here is that the budget committee reported out senate concurrent resolution 7 that will allow through the reconciliation process the spending of money and the reduction of spending based on different committees. this resolution allows for $175 of border and immigration policy enhancements, but it doesn't spend a penny. it allows the judiciary committee and the homeland security committee to come up w

mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. thank you j.d. and the vice president for that kind introduction. deeply appreciate our friendship and that you were able to join you today. i'm profoundly grateful to president trump and the confidence he's placed in me. to honor to stand here before you as your nominee for the secretary of commerce. my family is here with me today and i like to introduce you to my wife allison behind me who for 30 years has been my great partner adviser and a spectacular mother to our wonderful children my eldest son kyle behind me brandon, casey and ryan. extraordinary sister eydie is also here as well as allison's brother rick and my sister-in-law abby and many of my closest friends who chose to come down to support me. i grew up on long island new york and my mother was an artist and art teacher my

mr. gallego: the crime initiative which supports the implementation of violent crime reduction strategies improves investigations, improves services to victims, enhances collaboration between local stakeholders. public stakeholders programs provides benefits for survivors of fallen officers. violence against women formula grants. assistance justice grants which is used to purchase critical technology, infrastructure, et cetera for police departments and other entities. and the chips research end development programs to grow arizona's semiask unanimous consenter industry. they were canceled not because they were ineffective, not because congress voted to cut them but because they were in the way of one man's crusade to tear down the federal government. and that man is omb nominee russell vought. russell vought is a danger to the united states. he has been a staunch advocate for drastically eliminating or cutting our safety net programs such as medicaid, medicare, and social security. he helped design trump-era budget to cut trillions from these programs while simultaneously advocating for

mr. gallego: i yield my post debate time to senator schumer and -- the presiding officer: the senator has that right. mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: mr. president, i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. president. with me today is one of my colleagues from my senate office, mr. james shay. he is one of my right-hand people, and does great work and i'm honored that he could join me today. gosh, i don't know where to begin. i've been in the senate for eight years. in dog years that's 56 years, and it feels like 56 years. i've learned a lot. met a lot of interesting people. you know, before i got here, everybody told me about the washington bubble, and i said, you know, how serious could they be? well, it's true. there is a washington bubble. this place is different. in its own way sometimes disappointing, sometimes refreshing, it is deeply weird. for on -- for one t

problematic'i've said his constituents would like the idea of ruben gallego said the president was outlining a "invasion" of gaza" and israelis called mr. trump's proposal bizarre and incoherent, going on to say none of it makes sense. is he looking to develop gaza as a beachfront property, talking about a u.s. occupation of gaza? will the u.s. force out 2 million palestinians as part of the plan? he asked. let's hear from bernie, new york, democrat on this proposal by the president floated yesterday. go ahead. caller: he is a genius. the guy is a genius. [indiscernible] i have nothing the greatest president of all time. my only problem is i think we should take france. i don't understand why he's looking for the gaza strip. we can't make any money on it. host: why is it a genius idea in your mind? caller: well, obviously i'm -- host: you have got to watch the language callers, especially when you called in. the washington post follows up, the u.s. allies on wednesday began rejecting president trump's proposal to take over gaza, permanently moving palestinians entering the enclave into a "rivera" of the middle east. saudi arabia immedi

gallego: thank you mr. chairman perfect timing. thank you for being here. our ranking member also. national energy security should be top of mind. i was happy passing the 2025 ndaa among many other things limiting the entrance of certain foreign nationals to d.o.e. lab facilities to protect national security. as former chairman of the house armed services and special operations, i also know exactly how important it is to be deliberate in the way we discuss operations in open settings. as we do our duty to oversee national labs in this community we must not give away information that her adversaries could use against us or actively gather. so i've a couple of questions. in the u.s. military operations, our armed forces work with allies with our operations more secure and successful, i certainly experience that in combat with local nationals as well as foreign nationals. and third-party companies. so we've talked about the risk of foreign infiltration. can you expand on the risk of selling -- saddling ourselves too much and missing vital information from allies and foreign-born scien

problematic'i've said his constituents would like the idea of ruben gallego said the president was outlining a "invasion" of gaza" and israelis called mr. trump's proposal bizarre and incoherent, going on to say none of it makes sense. is he looking to develop gaza as a beachfront property, talking about a u.s. occupation of gaza? will the u.s. force out 2 million palestinians as part of the plan? he asked. let's hear from bernie, new york, democrat on this proposal by the president floated yesterday. go ahead. caller: he is a genius. the guy is a genius. [indiscernible] i have nothing the greatest president of all time. my only problem is i think we should take france. i don't understand why he's looking for the gaza strip. we can't make any money on it. host: why is it a genius idea in your mind? caller: well, obviously i'm -- host: you have got to watch the language callers, especially when you called in. the washington post follows up, the u.s. allies on wednesday began rejecting president trump's proposal to take over gaza, permanently moving palestinians entering the enclave into a "rivera" of the middle east. saudi arabia immedi

gallego: some of that is text, but some of it is sop. matter what unit you were you did an sop so you didn't have to have massive retraining and there was uniformity? mr. golnick: we saw it from the v.a. mc, where the providers are referring out saying, i'm trying to refer, i understand this veteran needs that care, but the visit is telling us now. sen. gallego: got it. naomi -- did i say that correctly? really great organization. they helped me get my disability rating. so, thank you so much. i wanted to follow-up on that. i totally lost my train of thought. are there any standards in place to ensure that community care providers are adequately trained to treat these types of conditions? also, have you seen any specific instances where the lack of veteran-specific training standards have negatively impacted the quality of veteran care? at least from people, constituents of the organizations? ms. mathis: thank you for that question, senator. there is a lack of training in community care currently. community care providers are only required to have opioid abuse treatment training and as far as compared to direct care. there is a difference between what

problematic'i've said his constituents would like the idea of ruben gallego said the president was outlining a "invasion" of gaza" and israelis called mrtrump's proposal bizarre and incoherent, going on to say none of it makes sense. is he looking to develop gaza as a beachfront property, talking about a u.s. occupation of gaza? will the u.s. force out 2 million palestinians as part of the plan? he asked. let's hear from bernie, new york, democrat on this proposal by the president floated yesterday. go ahead. caller: he is a genius. the guy is a genius. [indiscernible] i have nothing the greatest president of all time. my only problem is i think we should take france. i don't understand why he's looking for the gaza strip. we can't make any money on it. host: why is it a genius idea in your mind? caller: well, obviously i'm -- host: you have got to watch the language callers, especially when you called in. the washington post follows up, the u.s. allies on wednesday began rejecting president trump's proposal to take over gaza, permanently moving palestinians entering the enclave into a "rivera" of the middle east. saudi arabia immediat

gallego: when you are firing in places, it is clearly indiscriminate. >> first off congratulations to both of you for your nominations. i know you're both going to do an outstanding job. mr. edgar, what is success? what do you want to get done? mr. edgar: i think i define success in supporting president trump. he ran on the agenda to seal the border and to make sure to the interior enforcement that we are able to deport over one million people. as the chief operating officer, i think there's two things, be able to execute that agenda, but there's also 22 other components within dhs that missions that need to be executed, and we need to be making sure we are responsible, whether it is the coast guard, the secret service, tsa, we need to be able to walk and chew gum. opportunity of being the previous chief financial officer will allow us to make sure we get the most of the taxpayers money for the amount they are paying here. sen. scott: what would you like to accomplish? mr. bishop: i think you would say to implement president trump's vision to put government back on the side of the people, to get government to function more efficiently and effectively. certainly to get th

mr. gallego: i ask unanimous consent -- mr. paul: mr. president, what was the consent request? the presiding officer: can the senator repeat the request, please. mr. gallego: i withhold my request. the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. mr. schiff: i urge you to beware the temptation of holding both sides equally at fault. the presiding officer: the time has expired, senator. mr. schiff: may i have consent to speak for two minutes? the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. a senator: i object. mr. paul: if we could be done in two minutes. the presiding officer: senator ernst, you objected. withdrawn. the senator from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. schiff: i thank my colleagues for their courtesy to speak on this resolution. i urge you to beware of the temptation of labeling both sides equally at fault. the temptation to ignore the facts of history and aggressive impulses of an evil colleagues. my colleagues, these are the words of ronald reagan almost 42 years ago