mr. helmy, aye. mr. welch, aye. senators votinin the negave -- barrasso, blackburn, brt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cramer,crapo, fischer, graham, grassley, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, lankford, lummis, marshall, moran, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of south carolina, tillis, tuberville, wicker. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. murkowski, no. he the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. mullin, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. kennedy, no. no. scott of florida, no o -- mr. wyden, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. durbin, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. paul, no. mr. carper, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. young, no. mr. lee, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 46, the nays are 42. the

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, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kne, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, ree ron, sa

mr. helmypresident. mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. helmy: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to pay tribute and recognize several organizations and individuals from our home state and the great state of new jersey, who have been and had a tremendous impact on our constituents across our home state and have defined what it means to serve their communities and recognize them in the "congressional record" for their tireless service to new jerseyans and put a spotlight on them here, on the senate floor. first, i want to take this moment to honor new jersey community development corporation for its important work that it's been doing in our home state as it approaches its 30th anniversary. njcdc is directly involved in urban revitalization efforts, financial empowerment programs, educational initiatives and other critically important youth development activities to help uplift young people and empower the knute of new jersey. the -- the youth of new jersey

mr. helmyask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleague, the senator from alabama. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. helmy: thank you, mr. president. our nation's youth are facing unprecedented mental health crisis and we need to take immediate action to address the root causes and ensure adequate access to care. i stand here today with my friend and colleague, senator katie britt, to implore continued action to solve this crisis. this issue is one that is personal for me, as it is for senator britt. we both have young children, and so we see what they and their peers experience firsthand. there is no issue more urgent, more critical to our nation's future than the health and safety of our next generation. the challenges are well-known, and frankly the data is shocking. over the past decade cases of severe depression among young adults nearly doubled. in the 2010's, suicidal behaviors among high school student increased nearly 40%. since 2017, the number of youth h

mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. capito, no. 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 a

mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. ms. butler, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. ms. collins, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. . vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. graham, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. romney, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 46, the nomination is confirmed. the clerk will

mr. helmy: i come to the floor today as a new jerseyan, as the only arab american serving in thenited ates senate and as a human being utterly devastated by the unfathomable scale of human suffering taking place right now in gaza and the west bank as a direct consequence of the israel hamas conflict. this war has already claimed an estimated 44,000 lives across gaza and the west bank. almost half of those killed by the bombshells and bullets of this war have been women and children, teens, toders, infants, not to mentionhe millions moreov who have been displaced and teatene by famine and lness. 0 can to current estimates, every hour this conflict claims the lives of 15 innocent people, every single hour. it is reported that fully rebuilding gaza and the west bank after the war would take at least 200 years ormore, literally centuries from now. well beyond our lifetimes. it should not459 what one's nationality is or one's ethnicity, these shocks should shock sour conscience to t very core, on ou

the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr.tz, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. butler, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. mullin, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote:# vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 59, the nays are 37, and 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 immediately notified of the senate's action. under the

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. >> good morning. this committee will come to order. today we are holding a hearing to discuss the urgent federal funding needs for communities harmed by the recent natural disasters. before we get started doing to acknowledge briefly this is the first hearing we've had since the election. it is clear some things will look different. one thing will not change and that is my commitment to working with senator collins to keep doing the important work of this committee and a bipartisan manner despite any distractions thrown our way heard this too much at stake for families back home for any of us to throw up our hands. we stillth have to wrap up our y 25 bill so i remain committed to working together to complete that process as quickly a

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 truth of the matter is that from a legal perspective these resolutions are not complicated. they are cut and dried. the united states government is c

the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. mr. schatz, aye. >> mr. president before you begin i'd like to say a word about the international criminal courts issuing arrest warrants for israeli prime minister netanyahu and former defense minister gallant. the icc decision is outrageous, unlawful, and dangerous. israel has right to defend itself and icc rogue actions only enable the terrorists who seek to wipe israel off the map. these actions threaten israel, if left unchecked they could pose a a threat to the united states in the future. the senate needs to stand strongly with our ally at this the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. >> mr. president before i begin i liked is a word about the international criminal courts issuing arrest warrants for israel prime minister netanyahu and former defense minister gallant. the icc decision is outrageous, unlawful, and dangerous. israel has a right to defend itself and icc's broke actions only enable the terrorists who seek to wipe israel off the map. these actions threaten israel but if left unchecked they could pose a

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. senators voting in the affirmative -- durbin, warner, welch and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- daines, rubio, scott of florida, tuberville, and young. mr. warnock, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. marshall, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. paul, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. tillis, no. ms. stabenow, aye. mrs. s

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 president's choice for attorneyy general. former congressman matt gaetz, resigned shortly before the release of an ethics committee report. you ar

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 hollen, welch, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, crapo, paul, scott of south carolina. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. tuberville, no. the c

mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr.elly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. 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. two an unelected bureaucracy has thrown this balance offkilter. earlier this year of course the article iii branch quite clearly restored the boundaries on freelance regulatory interpretation in the executive branch. but there's more work to be done to rein in washington bureaucrats expensive interpretation of the powers of worki