mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr, mr. moran, mr. mullin, mrs. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. reed, mr. ricketts, mr. risch, mr. romney, mr. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schatz, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mrs. 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, >> waiting for the final vote count of the motion by senator jon kennedy the republican of louisiana to adjourn the impeachment trial for nearly two weeks until april 30 at noon. an effort to possibly prolong these proceedings. a motion by senator 10 ted cruz the republican to proceed to a close session to debate options today it was defeated just a few minutes ago. fifty-one -- 49 along party

mr. hoeven. mr. hyde and smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. islamists. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. mullins. mr. michalski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. shots. mr. smith. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. ms. shaheen? ms. sinema. ms. smith. miss stabino. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mrs. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> that was a roll call vote on mitch mcconnell's motion to table senator chuck schumer's constitutional point of order that would recall the senate majority leader's point of order with the article one of the impeachment articles against alejandro mayorkas was on unconstitutional because no high crimes and misdemeanors were alleged. that is the vote that democrats are trying to

mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no. mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 31, the nays are 61. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: before we move on i'd like to acknowledge a rare milestone that has just been achieved here or is just about to be achieved on this coming vote in the senate. our dear colleague from maine, senator susan collins will cast her 9,000th consecutive roll call. she has never -- never missed a single roll call vote in her entire career. who else can claim that? raise your hands. even the freshmen can't claim that. i congratulate senator collins on this historic accomplishment, it puts her in rare company in the history of the chamber. senator collins and i of course belong to different parties, but she has the enormous respect of those on this side of the aisle, and i have been able to work with her on many issues. i yield the f

mr. hoeven: mr. president, i rise to talk about legislation that we are introducing today, it's called the farmer act. and farmer stands for farmer, at risk management and resilience and that's exactly what this legislation does. and, really, we think this is an important step to getting to a farm bill, and hopefully this year, because it's all about enhancing crop insurance. i'm very pleased to be joined here on the floor by our ranking member on the ag committee, senator boozman from arkansas. he is cosponsoring the legislation, as are other members of our ag committee, including senator ernst, of iowa, senator fischer, of nebraska, senator grassley of iowa, senator hyde-smith of missouri, all senators who have significant ag production in their state, both in terms of crops and livestock. and this is all about what we've got right here, keeping the farm in the farm bill. as a matter of fact, it's about putting more farm in the farm bill. and that's going to have to happen in order to get a farm bi

mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. 6 the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 49. the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, ramone ya gomez of northern mariana islands to be judge for the district court. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session -- i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the. the clerk: will report the motion. 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 debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 478, ramona villagomez manglona to be judge for the district court for the northern mariana islands signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the pr

mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. the clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: any senator who was not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators w

mr. hoeven, ms. hyde smith, mr. johnson. mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king. mr. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. ms. lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr mr. mullin, ms. murkowski. mr. murphy, mrs. murray. mr. all soft, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. petersmr. romney. mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sandersmr. schatz, mr. schmitz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of floridamr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen, ms. sinema, ms. smith. mrs. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. mr. tillis, mr. taber bill, mr. van hollen, mr. vance. mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. majority leaders recognize. ask any senator is not in the senate chamber at the time the meoath was administered to the other senators will make the facts are known to the chairs of the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the tsenate -- mike to the senator. >> sgt at arms to make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent under pain of imprisonment while the senate of the

mr. hoeven, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. manchin, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. paul, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. . the clerk: mr. barasso,

mr. hoeven. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. mrs. 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 whether to proceed to close session so they would be able to debate whether article two of the impeachment article against alejandro mayorkas rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. if you been watching along with us with a similar this would be a similar boat to the motion raised one senator ted cruz stood up regarding arti

mr. hoeven, mr. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, mr. alanis district of islamists, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr, 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. turberville mr. vance mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young, [roll call vote] >> what are the final results here on the boat to officially end the impeachment trial homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the two articles filed against alejandro mayorkas sent over from the house were concluded to not rise to the level of impeachment under the constitution. and thus, this final vote on ending the impeachm

mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. # the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 49. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to calendar 365, h.r. 7888. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 365, h.r. 7888, an act to reform the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. 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 debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 365, h.r. 7888, an act to reform the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978 signed

mr. hoeven, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. ms. rosen, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, braun, budd, hagerty, johnson, lee, lummis, marshall, merkley, rubio, sanders, schmitt, scott of florida, vance, welch. mr. hawley, no. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. warre alexander. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 79. the nays are 18. the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 815 is agreed to. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 598. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the notion. -- the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary. georgia n. alexakis of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern distr

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. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, bennet, booker, casey, collins, coons, cornyn, cotton, gillibrand, hassan, king, klobuchar, is manchin, murray, peters, reed, ricketts, risch, romney, rounds, shaheen, sinema, warner, and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, braun, brown, daines, menendez, merkley, schmit

mr. hoeven, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr.ne, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. romney, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. mendendez, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. lee, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. paul, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. kel

mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. . the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 42, and the motion is agreed to. mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i -- we're not in a quorum call, is that correct? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. whitehouse: great. i'm here today for the 31st time in my series on the special interest scheme that captured the united states supreme court. there is an old adage that the best way to show that one stick is crooked is to s

mr. hoeven. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. the clerk: mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. & mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. the clerk: mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. the clerk: mr. schmitt. vote: 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 -- braun, brown, cassidy, cramer, crapo, hagerty, hoeven, lankford, lee, lummis, manchin, paul, romney, schmitt, scott of florida, sinema, thune, tuberville, vance, wicker, young. senators voting in the negative -- mr. moran, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. senators voting in the negative -- bal

mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 68, the nays are 18. the motion is agreed to. mr. braun: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. braun: i come to the floor this evening because we've got some serious business ahead of us soon. for laken riley, ruby garcia, and the countless americans who have died from fentanyl, the senate must hold a full impeachment trial of secretary alejandro mayorkas. secretary mayorkas is breaking the law every day he releases illegal immigrants into the united states. the department of homeland security is required under law to detain these immigrants. biden and mayorkas' catch-and-release policy releases illegal aliens into the u.s. without even issuing a notice to appear for immigration proceedings. secretary mayorkas is the most important player in president biden 's open border agenda. but we must first remember it's the president that's calling the shots. presiden

mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye.

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: mr. hyde-smith, mr. johnson, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, ms. plumb miss. 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. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, capito, cassidy, lee, paul, ricketts, rubio. senators voting in the negative -- butler, cantwell, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, kaine, manchin, markey, menendez, murray, sanders, schatz, smith, warner

mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. the clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: any senator who was not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators w