mr. hickenlooper, yoa. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 49. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i call up my amendment number 1034. i ask that it be reported by number, and i ask consent that senator menendez and i each have three minutes to discuss this amendment. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from louisiana, mr. kennedy, proposes amendment numbered 1034 to amendment numbered 1935. mr. kennedy: mr. president, as we all mow, the international monetary fund, or the imf, as we call it, it's an international bank. most countries belong to it, 190, in fact, and every

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. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. senators voting in the affirmative, barrasso, cornyn, crapo, grassley, lee, lujan, ricketts, romney, sinema, whitehouse. mr. tester, aye. no senator voted in the negative. mr. kelly, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. kaine, ay

mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. vote: the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. budd, no. ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. merkley, aye. mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the cl

mr. hickenlooper: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. ckenlooper: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hickenlooper: i i ask unanimous consent that the senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions introduced earlier today -- senate resolution 303, senate resolution 304. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding en bloc? without objection the senate will proceed en bloc. mr. hickenlooper: i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be greapped to, and that the mentions -- be agreed to and the motions to be considered be -- be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hickenlooper: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, july 20, that following the prayer and pledge the

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, budd, cornyn, cruz, lankford, and rounds. senators voting in the negative, blumenthal, duckworth, fetterman, hassan, kelly, king, merkley, ossoff, reed, schatz, and whitehouse. mr. paul, aye. ms. earn -- the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. bald

mr. hickenlooper, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. tbhent, -- mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. million tillis -- mr. tillis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 46. the nominee 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 previous order, the senate will resume legislative session for th

mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye.: : the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 13, the nays are 71. the amendment is not agreed to. the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the 60 atirmtive -- affirmative vote threshold be vitiated for scott numbered 510, romney 823, sinema 135, grassley 273, blackburn 224, moran 949 and baldwin 865. further, that the amendments be called up and adoption the seamedz all -- amendments all en bloc take place. is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report the amendments, en bloc. the clerk: the senator from rhode island from rhode island for other senators proposes the following amendments, 510, 823, 315, 273, 224, 949, and 685. the presiding officer: the question is on adoption of the amendments en bloc. all those in

mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. booker -- ms. warren, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hyde-smith, aye. mr. menendez, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. padilla, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 91, the nays are 6. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for th

mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. rosen, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. president manchin, no. -- the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. duckworth, aye -- ms. duckworth, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the presiding officer: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. 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. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, 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

mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. >> the clerk: the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to.dchendoe nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, rachel bloomekatz, of ohio, to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr. president. under president biden's leadership, the united states has shattered virtually every record in the book when it comes to uncontrolled illegal migration flows. we we've seen record -- we've seen historic numbers crossing the border. the busiest day came before the public health title that was imposed as a result of the pandemic. the busiest day came just two months ago just before that title was lifted or expired,

mr. chairman. >> thank you. and we have senator hickenlooper. sen. hickenlooper: just in the nick of time. thank you, mr. chair. >> verily. sen. hickenlooper: thank you for being here and thank you for all of your work. as you know too well, the colorado river basin is experiencing what some people call a 23 year drought. i think some of the sedimentary records from the grand canyon demonstrate that we've seen less rain, less precipitation accumulation in the last 22 years then we have seen in almost 1200 years. it is more than just a drought. we appreciate the attention that your entire team has given. even with the great snow pack we've had this year, i think we still can't take our foot off the pedal. we need to tackle this head-on. and try to make sure we adjust this imbalance between supply and demand. your department recently released a draft document overviewing options on how to manage the water shortages through 2026. i want to commend camille tutton and her entire team in reclamation. they have been remarkable and have been everywhere all over the southwest. deputy secretary boudreau, framing th

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much senator. senator hickenlooper. >> thank you mr. chair. thank you secretary for your time and for your public service. not just in this role that so many roles. the bipartisan infrastructure bill makes one and only one mention of stranded assets over large investments. it does that in the charging and fueling infrastructure cfi a $2.5 billion grant program. a big reason congress one of its way to warn about assets in this instance is because ev chargers are paid to their local utility. to fix his congress pass the recharge act which requires states to reevaluate rates that can bring ev chargers and the doa and d.o.t. joined the office of energy and transportation and notes a funding opportunity for the program but it doesn't mention local electric rates at all. can you commit to taking a look at how the joint office can better integrate this vital factor into the cfi grant? >> it's my understanding the joint office did in fact require working with you to lisa let me follow up with you and look into this because i think you are spot on. >>

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator marshall and thank you for your partnership on this issue. >> senator hickenlooper. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you all for your time. i'm trying to come up the stair and barely have caught my breath coming up the four floors here. obviously microbially weakened somehow. on a more serious note, i first learned-- i learned firsthand the importance of what we're talking about today. my father passed away in 1960 after a long battle with colorectal cancer and a big part of his challenge they pretty much only had penicillin in those days and after a couple of years, several operations, he would get infections and they were unable to treat. and my mother would tell stories about waking up in the middle of night several times and having to -- he would have had cold sweat and have to roll him over and get a clean sheet under him and roll back and get the rest of the sheet put down and what a trial that was for him every night. and it's amazing that we've come so far and yet, we still haven't progressed as further as one would hope in this issue. so, i'll start with dr.

mr. chairman. >> thanku, you, senator marshal. and, again, thank fur your partnership on this issue. senator hickenlooper. >> thank you, mr.hair. thank all of you for your time. i still, i was trying to come up the stairs. i still barely have caught my breath coming up the four floors here. obviously, microbiologically weakened somehow. a more serious note, i first learned, i learned firsthand the importance of what we're talking about today. passed away in 1960 after a long battle with colo rectal cancer. but big part of his challenge was the fact that they pretty much only had penicillinnen in those days, and after a couple of years, several operations, he would get infections that they were unable to treat. and my mother would tell stories about waking up inn the middle f the night several times and having to -- he would have had cold sweats, and she'd have to roll him over, get a clean sheet under him, then roll him back on the clean sheet, get the rest of the sheet put down, and what a trial that was for him every night. and it's amazing that we've come so far and yet we still haven't progressed as far further as one