the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mrs. capito, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. casey, no. mr. manchin, no. mr. crapo, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. mr. hickenloope. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden -- mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no mrs. shaheen, no. mr. cruz, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the presiding officer: ms. warre n, no. 44 the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. p the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 51,

mr. kaine: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: if i could ask that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. kane can i rise to discuss an amendment that we will vote on later. mr. kaine: it is one minute a side. i think it might take a couple minutes to explain -- a vote on nato. a few minutes ago people were questioning the value of nato. with american leadership nato is stronger today than it's ever been. nato's capacity, nato's willingness to link arms and provide defense to ukraine in the midst of an illegal invasion by a human rights-abusing vladimir putin has been extremely powerful and the value of nato has been demonstrated to such degree that even nations that never would have contemplated entering nato in the past -- finland and sweden have sought sore accession -- sought for accession. there was as question about withdrawing from nato. the constitution is plain that to enter into a treaty you need a ratification

the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. ms. klobuchar, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. briewm that you will the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. moran, no. mr. lee, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. merrickically, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no.. the clerk: mr. sullivan

mr. kaine: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: mr. president, i rise with my colleagues on the floor this evening to discuss the very unfortunate actions of my senate colleague from alabama blocking the advancements and promotions for hundreds of military officers. i am a the senator from virginia and virginia is as connected to the u.s. military mission as any state. one out of every nine virginians is a veteran. our active duty community is massive. our military families, reservists, guardsmen and women, dod civilians, dod contractors create a commonwealth deeply, deeply connect the to the american military mission. the map of virginia -- yorktown where the revolutionary war ended, the battlefields of the civil war, appomattox where the civil war ended, bedford where a core of uppeople -- corps of young people from that tiny mourn mountain community served and died on d-day, the pentagon where we were attacked on 9/11 -- our map is a map of american military history. we train all marine officers at quantico. we have the largest nava

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. 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. the clerk: 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 -- kelly. king, lujan, and rosen. senators voted in the negative. crapo and rounds. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. earns, no -- ms. ernst, no. the clerk: cassidy, -- mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. scott. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr.

the clerk: mr. kaine, aye.

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 favor say aye. all those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it and the ayes do have it. the amendments agreed on en bloc. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. m

. >> thank you, mr. kaine? >> chairman, ranking member blackburn and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. the chinese communist party or the ccp has seized on artificial intelligence to emerge as the greatest threat to democracy and human dignity in the world today. as an investigative journalist formerly in china i was among the first people to document and expose the horrific surveillance state that oppressed the uighur population in the far western region of shijiazhuang. china used its vast ai powered surveillance system called skynet since 2017 the atrocity has morphed into the largest internment of ethnic minorities since the holocaust. u.s. state department calls this a genocide. in december 2017 i was kicked out of china while researching my book the perfect police state which is a book about the surveillance utopia that has been built there. ever since then the ai police state has been expanded to alarming levels, and 2018 i moved to turkey and for three yea

mr. kaine, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk:collins, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: 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. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 94. the nays is 3. the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. schumer: let me give the order. we're almost done. we're about to vote. first i have to do unanimous consent request to vitiate cloture. i'm going to speak on the ndaa bill, on the pages, and yield to leader mcconnell to follow me and then we vote. so first, i ask unanimous consent to modify the previous order so cloture motions with respect to the substitute amendment 935 as amended and the underlying bill s. 226 be withdrawn, that the schumer amendment 936 be withdrawn, that the substitute amendment 935 as amended be agreed to. further, that the bill as amended be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill as amended with 60 affirmative votes required for passage, that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with up to ten minutes for debate equally divided prior to the vote

listening to what mr. kainehis outlook, how do you expect the data tomorrow may track or contrast with that view? >> i am above consensus for retail sales tomorrow morning. i think we have to keep in mind that june was an unseasonably warm month in the u.k. when that happens the u.k. consumer does tend to go out and spend. we have got encouraging surveys from the retail sector. with that i have to say the consensus number looks on the soft side compared to my own models. the retail sector has been under pressure in the u.k. over the last year. it is more services that have benefited from resilience in consumer spending and i think going into the second half of the year we could see differentiation where service sector spending does start to flatline and the retail sector starts to recover. that could be the start of that tomorrow. guy: i am confused about what is happening. i am wondering why the u.k. consumer would be feeling bad at this point? i fear what is happening. i understand the supermarkets and food pr

the clerk: amendment number 48 printed in house report 118-147, offered by mr. kaine of new jersey. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 240, the nays are 195. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 62 printed in part a of house report 118-147 by the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, on which further proceedings were postponed, and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 62, prin

mr. kaine: madam president, i rise to talk about a -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. kaine: might i ask that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection.mr. kaine:thank you, m president. i rise to talk about a cries nis our military -- a crisis in our military leadership, driven by one of my senate colleague's decision to place a blanket hold on now more than 250 apolitical nominations of senior military officers. the senior senator from alabama has done so. these 250 military nominations are soon to be joined by another 400 or so, which would mean that 650 individuals who volunteered to wear the uniform of this country, and to defend the country even at risk of their own lives, are being blocked in their professional advancement by a senator punishing them for something they had nothing to do with. nothing to do with. the senator is concerned about a policy of the pentagon that would allow women servicemembers, who cannot obtain reproductive healt

thank you mr. kaine for being here. [applause] tim: it is a delight to be here at robinson for an amazing conversation i am looking forward to listening to. i am looking forward to asking questions you direct my way. i have a couple staffers here. i want to acknowledge rachel, who is in internet george mason. and lindsay is a robbins graduate, works at my senate. give lindsay a big round. [applause] here is a little known secret about virginia. virginia has one of the most active space programs of any state because there is a nasa facility operated by nasa, but also in tandem with the commonwealth of virginia on wallace island. does anybody know where wallace's? it is nourishing configured if you would past will over there. for decades, this has been a site that has been launches into the atmosphere or beyond. it is not know as well as the other facilities because they are not man's branches. they are very frequent watches. i was there 2 fridays ago. they did a lodge of iraq [. i hope you have a chance. the pace of laun

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. 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. the clerk: 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: baldwin, brown, cantwell, cardin, cortez masto, gillibrand, markey, murray, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, stabenow, warren. senators voting in the negative, boozman, budd, cotton, shined, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: mr. dain

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, when border patrol apprehended 10,300 migrants a day. the pace of migration exceeded anything we've ever experienced under previous presidents, and

insofar senator kaine: i thank you for that answer. i yield back, mr. chair. senator reed: thank you, senator kaine. senator ernst, please. senator ernst: thank you, mr. chair. and thank you very much, general brown, for being here today and i wanna thank your wife shereen as well for being here. we appreciate your, your support through the many, many years. um general brown, you've had a very distinguished career and have held many commands and, and i want to distinguish between some of my colleagues. i know the burden of command was referenced, but i would state having served as a low level commander in, in our armed services that it's not a burden to be a commander. it is a great honor and distinction and i want to thank you for your, your service to our country. you are moving into a different position, i'll assume your confirmation and i support your confirmation. i think you're the right person at the right time. if confirmed, you will be chairman at a time when threats to the nation are mounting while our resources are actually shrinking, we will be oper

mr. chairman. >> senator kaine plays for. >> general brown congratulation to you and your family for the nominationr eminently qualified for the position. just as situational awareness, two events happened yesterday that really bear upon the nations military position one very positive one negative. the positive of that yesterday was the announcement by the biden administration working together with the nato secretary-general and the government sweden and turkey that turkey would support secession of sweet cute nay it was followed up immediately by an announcement by hungary they would also support sweden to nato. with just the last few years people were questioning whether nato had a value if the u.s. should continue and nato. we have demonstrated through american leadership the strengths of alliances that democracies in the world can link arms. and when we do our alliances allow us to defend ukraine and promote democracy throughout the world. i think it is important to recognize the u.s. and the cause of global democracy is stronger today because of this decision announced yesterday sweden would n

mr. schumer: finally, i ask unanimous consent that it be in order to call up the following amendments: murray 300, kaine 429, paul 222, 838, cruz-manchin 926. further, that with respect to the amendments listed above at 3:00 p.m. the senate vote on the amendments in the order listed with no further amendments or motions in order and with 60 affirmative votes required for adoption, that there be two minutes equally divided prior to each vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent -- mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. schumer: later this morning it will be my honor to join congressional leaders in welcome ing president isaac herzog to the capitol for a joint address to congress. since the founding of the nation of israel 75 years ago she has been one of america's important allies and fiercest friends. the u.s. was the first country to recognize israel as an independent state, and to this day our bonds remain strong, our partnership essential. while we have our differences, the u.s. and israel are united in the most profound wa