mr. hagerty: thank you. mr. president, last week the house of representatives passed the equal representation act. this commonsense bill would require that onl citizens are counted for the purposes of districts and electoral votes. this makes sense. in order for every american's vote to have equal weightgal vo in apportioning voting wer. on the other hand, the current method of counting dmreel aliens dilutes the vote to some americans. it also serves as a perverse incentive for open borders and sanctuary cities b resettling illegal aliens increase relative power of the states and voters who do so co theory turned out to be a fact democrats now kne. migrants here illegally are or determining n the census and electoral college votes and congressional commerce secretary ramon dough confirmed this when i asked her in a committee hearing it is impossible to dispu this increases the policy of districts and states that res resettle illegal aliens. some call for more illegal immigration to increase their weis year a vid

mr. hagerty: mr. president, i ask consent for senator schatz and i to conclude our remarks prior to the vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hagerty: thank you. mr. president, last week the house of representatives passed the equal representation act. this commonsense bill would require that only u.s. citizens are counted for the purposes of allotting congressional districts and electoral votes. this makes sense. in order for every american's vote to have equal weight only legal voters should be counted in apportioning voting power. on the other hand, the current method of counting dmreel aliens dilutes the vote to some americans. it also serves as a perverse incentive for open borders and sanctuary cities because resettling illegal aliens increases the relative power of the states and voters who do so. what was once called a conspiracy theory turned out to be a fact democrats now acknowledge. migrants here illegally are being counted in the census and counted for determining electoral

mr. hagerty, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr.en, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. mullin, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: m

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. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, collins, cortez masto, duckworth, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, kelly, lujan, merkley, ossoff, padilla, reed, shaheen, smith, tester, van hollen, warner

mr. hagerty: mr. president, i appreciate any colleague's outreach to work together and i look forward to, working with him on a number of issues. he has great expertise in this arena. but i have a very basic question to ask. and that is, what is this administration afraid of? because all i'm asking for is transparency. i'm just asking to see the plans that are commanded by this executive order. yet the administration stonewalls us on this. we talk about having conversations, but why not just show the plans? i fear that this is a return back to the 1930's, a return back to the weaponization of government delivering a point of sale benefit and at the same time bringing along a voter registration package and an encouragement of voting for the incumbent administration. let's see the plans. let's allay the concerns that i raise. this administration is not doing that. this administration is stonewalling us. in fact, my colleague, senator padilla, has also requested transparency of the gsa to find out what t

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. the clerk: 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 -- booker, capito, cardin, cramer, crapo, duckworth, durbin, hickenlooper, klobuchar, lankford, lummis, marshall, murray, schatz, schumer, sinema. mr. coons, aye. senators voting in the negative --

mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. lee, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be imme

mr. hagerty, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. barasso, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. kaine, no. choip m -- the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the

mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. duckworth, no. mr. welch, no. mr. durbin, no. mr. graham, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. hawley, aye. mr. lujan, no. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. wicker, no. vote: the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ,

mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs.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. the clerk: mr. mendendez mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. risch, mr. romney, mr. sanders, mr. schatz. being 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: mr. lee, no. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cassidy, collins, cortez masto, crapo, heinrich, murray, padilla, sinema. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, britt, cotton, grassley, lee, sullivan, vance. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vot

we have senator bill hagerty, hang on, folks we're going to mr. trump out of the courtroom.re. here he is. >> democracy in this country and we have a lot that want to come. stay back and pass lots of laws to stop things like this. jd vance, what's going on in that courtroom is a threat to democracy. we cannot have a country where we ghetto prosecute your political opponent instead of per waiting them. voters, ag bird, very highly respected from iowa, left the american people decide who the next leader of the free world will be. politics is absolutely no place this courtroom. this is all politics. andy mccarthy, great legal analyst said none of this is, nothing is illegal, nothing is illegal. called politics. nothing is illegal. a lot of people say that. they're all saying that. the only person who won't say it is the judge because it is a rigged deal. he is conflicted. you ought to check that out. but everybody saying there is no crime. leo terrell, up until right now, there is not a single shred of evidence that trump participated in a crime of either false -- falsifying re

senator hagerty: under your tenure, mr. chairman, the fed has taken the stands that the 2% inflation target shouldn't be viewed as a snapshot in time but rather needs to be achieved, quote, sustainably. when inflation was running well above the 2% target back in 2021 and early 2022, the fed was patient and allowed rates to offset below inflation that occurred prior. it strikes me odd now while we are still well above target inflation, and have been for the prior year, market seems to expect the fed to immediately cut even before we reach the 2% inflation threshold. my question is, does the inflation rate reaches 2%, would that be considered a return to the target rate on a sustainable basis? or is it still the case that inflation would need to more or less overcorrect well below 2% before the fed makes the rate cut adjustments? chair powell: we -- it would take us a while to really get comfortable that inflation had settled sustainably at 2%. that's not our test for changing interest rates. interest rates right now are in r

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