mr. kelly: mr. president, we're in complex and dangerous times. ukraine is fighting off a russian invasion. israel is defending itself against hamas. american soldiers have been attacked by iran's proxies. china is watching closely and testing the united states and our allies. we need our military to be stronger and more focused than ever. however, because of one senator, our military is being severely hamstrung. the senator from alabama, mr. mr. tuberville, has a policy disagreement with the pentagon. however, instead of addressing this policy, he decided to single-handedly shut down what has historically been a bipartisan process to promptly confirm military nominees. our republican colleagues made this very clear last night. his decision isn't affecting just a handful of positions. he is currently blocking 367 admirals and generals, and that number continues to grow. that's left members of our armed forces stranded, unable to get the promotions they've earned. it has put their lives and the lives of their family mechanics on hold -- lives of th

mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. hoeven, no. -- mr. hoeven, aye. mr. cardin, no. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. brown, aye. mr. schumer, no o mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. warner, no. mr. sanders, no. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mrs. warren, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the joint resolution is passed. under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session. 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 debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 126, monica ramirez almadani of california to be united states district judge for the

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. merkley, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. gra

mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. 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, baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, cortez-masto, fetterman, hassan, hickenlooper, king, klobuchar, menendez, murray, ossoff, reed, shaheen, stabenow, warnock, warren, wyden. mr. durbin, aye. senators voting in the negative, britt, budd, cassidy, cotton, cramer, cruz, grassley, hawley, hoeven, hyde-smith, mcconnell, merkley, m

mr. kelly, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. kaine, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. hawley, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 91, the nays are zero and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will record the nominations. the clerk: nomination, lieutenant general christopher j. mahoney for appointment of assistant commandant of the marine corps and to be general. mr. reed: madam president. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. reed: i know of no debate on the nominees. -- nomination. the presiding officer: is there further debate? hearing none, the question is on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. opposed -- is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms

> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, speaker of the house mike johnson and mrs. kellynson, members of the west virginia delegation, senator joe manchin, senator shelly capito, representative miller, chief randy moore of the chief forest service. mr. jim kaufman with the architect of the capitol and youth tree lighter fourth grade student from west virginia. ladies and gentlemen, mr. jim kaufman, from the arboretum and architect of the capitol. >> good evening. welcome to the 59th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony at the united states capitol. i am jim kaufman director of capitol grounds and arboretum at the architect of the capitol. i'm honored to be here along with the speaker of the house mr. mike johnson to light the 2023 capitol christmas tree. we're also privileged to present this year's youth christmas tree lighter ethan reese from beverly elementary in west virginia. lighting the capitol christmas tree has been a festive tradition since 1964 and one that continues this year. we're delighted to have the capitol christmas tree that west virginians and all am

mr. kelly, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. padilla, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 44, amendment the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: shanlyn a.s. park, of hawaii, to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schume

mr. kelly, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. young, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. d.c. duckworth, aye. -- ms. duckworth, aye. mr. thune, no.. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no.

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the presiding officer: the ayes are 52, the nays are 46. 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 debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 38, ramon ernesto reyes, jr. of new york to be united states district judge for the eastern district of new york, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the questi

mr. kelly, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 44, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, jamel semper, of new jersey, to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. mrs. murray: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, thank you. as you well know, because we've talked about it, our child care system is simply broken. it is not working for families across our country and we face a crisis now that continues to grow worse. i've said that many times. times. and i will say it again and again and again until we fix this broken system for good. i'm not the only one in congress who feels this way. a month ago 48 of my colleagues to leader schumer and leader mcconnell urging us to have funding in the emergency supplemental. today many are joining me here on the senate floor to li

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. aye. mr. paul, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. tuberville, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. braun, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. reed, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no, mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye, mr. blumenthal, aye, mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cr

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr.lujan, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. -- ms. hirono, a. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. gillibrand, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the presiding officer:ed yeas are 49. the nays are 46. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will

the clerk: mr. kelly, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. coons, no. mr.ujan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. markey, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. cantwell. mrs. gillibrand, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. ms. hassan, no. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 23, the nays are 74. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. : the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, madam president. i rise today to address thi

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. booker, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: ms. ernst, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. cornyn, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. stabenow -- mr. graham, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: m

mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no.clerk: mr. menendez, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. graham, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: the yeas are 62, the nays are 36, 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. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, speaker of the house mike johnson and mrs. kelly johnson, member offense the west virginia delegation, senator joe manchin, senator shelley capito, representative alexander moody and representative carol miller and chief randy moore of the united states forest service. mr. jim kaufman with the architect of the capitol and youth tree lighter ethan reese, west virginia. >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. jim kaufman, director of capitol grounds at the architect of the capitol. >> good evening. welcome to the 59th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony at the united states capitol. i am jim kaufman, director of capital grounds at the architect of the capitol. i'm honored to be here this evening along with the speaker of the house, mr. mike johnson to light the 2023 capitol christmas tree. we are also privileged to present this year's youth christmas tree lighter ethan reese from beverly elementary school in west virginia. [cheers and applause] >> lighting the capitol christmas tree has been festive tradition since 1964 and one to continue t

>> ladies and gentlemen please welcome our honored guest, speaker of the house mike johnson and mrs. kelly johnson. members of the west virginia delegation senator joe manchin, representative alexander mooney, representative carol miller, chief randy moore of the united states foreign service, mr. jim kaufman, the architect of the tree lighter from randolph county west virginia. ladies and gentlemen, mr. jim kaufman, director of capitol grounds and arboretum. >> good evening. welcome to the 59th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony at the united states capitol. i am the director of capitol grounds and arboretum at the architect of the capitol. i am honored to be here this evening along with the speaker of the house history mike johnson to light the 2023 capitol christmas tree. we are also privileged to present this year's youth christmas tree lighter ethan from beverly elementary school. lighting the capitol christmas tree has been a festive tradition since 1964. and it is one we are glad to continue this year. we are delighted to have at the christmas tree the west virginia -- a christ

mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. paul, no.ote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. welch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer is no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. a boat that was supposed to happen today was moved to tomorrow but in lieu of keeping a schedule i decided stay with today's 8 a.m. commitment to all of you and to the american people. here's where we are. we are due to go for round three of expulsion of congressman george santos from ny three. i think we can all look back and say this is not at least i .biz you go. most people any meaty would think this, this you would go. and it's just an unfortunate co. under the previous order, the motion to

been come back well for a while for our training center in southern isabel, they call it you for mr. kelly. let you guys as far as we understand. so based on what you're saying, what about the training templates? they have had sofa. do you think they are out of date or they would need to be updated as the army continues? it's a operations can cause a to i think what is important to understand the for us having as you said, that training camp little gaza is a benefit to training for urban combat. however, a training environment is always different from an operational environment and whatever you plan for is probably going to fall apart once you enter an urban area. because you cannot account for all the challenges molted the right direction or challenges that will be facing the troops in gaza. therefore, i think on the one hand, how much will probably know or estimate how these rarely troops will be the handling themselves on the ground. on the one hand, on the other hand, it is not just the preparedness of technical preparedness in urban warfare. there are also other components such as air

mr. kelly, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. rubio, no. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. plaza murray, aye. -- plaza murray, aye. the clerk: ms. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. scott of florida, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 48, the nays are 43, 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 notifi

as mr. kelly, you mentioned the civil defense team, are witnessing a lot of challenges and difficulties pulling people from under the rubble. according to the teams they informed us that they were only able to pull $160.00 that bodies. but at the same time, the administrative has said that there are at least 7000 people, still under the rubble hitting the things. so that's a very interesting reporting that includes already the in the south goes trip and con, unice. since brings altogether, we can speak now to you for him. abu shut a few that professor john this window of western university here and cost a great to have you with it for him. and we've just seen how critical it is for this c 5 to continue in order to help everything for the 8 effort to the rescue mission and so forth. what channels do you think of it, these them? well, i one hopes that is permanent. one hopes that it is extended of a part of the discourse on whether this is valuable or that depends on what comes after. because if it'

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. brown aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. vote: the presiding officer: is the yeas are 47, the nays are 42. the motion is agreed to. the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions -- senate resolution 473, senate resolution 474, and senate resolution 475. the presiding officer: is there objection? -- to proceeding to the measures

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 48, and the motion to table is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i understand there's a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 6363

vote: the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye.the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 32, and the motion is agreed to. mr. merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, the great american laboringer, dolores -- laboringer, dolores orgta, said every organizing opportunity, and every person is an activist, and every minute a chance to change the world. in that spirit, i rise today to bid farewell to a member of my team, dan mahr. dan, who sees every constituent as an opportunity to connect and every town hall meeting as a chance to change someone's world. i host a lot of town hall meetings in oregon, one in every one of our 36 counties every year. one time dan and i were hosting a town hall meeting in rural eastern oregon, where an older, conservative rancher was waiting in hine to talk to -- in line to talk to me and had that look on his face where you knew he was pretty unhappy and wanted to let me know why. dan noticed him too. he started chatting with him. pr

so, but these are the things that, you know, people like mr. kelly and mr.erning because i don't know the details of where mr. kelly got that list. my guess is he got it in discovery in his case, his january 6th case, as ryan was saying. there would normally be an obligation to provide names, and at some point they will be provided in a criminal case. but to think he used that and plotted to kill those people who were going to potentially temp against him, that also had a personal retaliation for, you know, his own case. and these are the kind of things, you know, that can happen in other cases, too, but, again, egged on by the constant demonization of the department of justice and the fbi is exactly what results in these type of conspiracies. >> created from donald trump all day every day. i read his truth socials earlier in the show, targeting a prosecutor in new york. a permission structure is created all day, every day. kinship is produced by the republicans on capitol hill, who are members of a committee called weaponization of the justice department. i

and mr. kelly was right last night, it was one of the georgia rico defense lawyers. a lawyer for actually one of the lesser known defendants, misty hampson who you see on the lower right. her lawyer took the videos he was given by prosecutors and leaked it to journalists. the background here, hampton was a georgia election supervisor indicted for conspiracy on election fraud. her lawyer obviously had a change of heart soft some kind. his ears must have been ringing with the leaks videos leading the national news, and this powerful d.a. in his jurisdiction where he works and practices blasting what he knew to be his leak. the d.a. said she was seeking answers and a binding protective order to stop these leaks. >> my team in the particular case that those got out we had already file of a protective order where discovery in the case would not get out, so surprising? no. disappointing, yes? in fact, today from here -- i made sure i wasn't late, but i was are my team making sure an energy motion got filed. >> the news coming at us fast. that was yesterday. the d.a. mentio

the clerk: 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 -- blackburn, braun, cotton. cramer, fisher, hagerty, lummis, paul, ricketts, schmitt, thune, tuberville. senators voting in the negative -- brown, butler, cantwell, carper, collins, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, graham, hassan, hickenlooper, hyde-smith, kaine, king, klobuchar, manchin, merkley, murkowski, murray, ossoff, padill

mr. kelly, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. merkley, no. mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 434, the nays are -- the yeas are 43, the nays 53. the 60-vote threshold not being achieved, the bill as amended fails of passage. the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: i ask that the senate be in morning business with senators permitted to speak for ten minutes therein each. mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: i thank my colleagues for coming down tonight. we're in a very dangerous world. our country is being challenged on multiple fronts across the globe. we literally have american troops under attack in the middle east. as a member of the armed services committee, as a u.s. marine corps colonel, i know, we all know in the senate, america needs to have our best players, most combat-capable leaders on the field. right now, that's not happening. it needs to change. mr. president, i want to

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mrs. capito, no. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. roll call vote vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 57, the nays are 42, and the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: first, mr. president, i have a unanimous consent request that jeremy king, a secret service detailee from my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the congress. the presiding officer: wit

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 -- cassidy, cotton, cramer, crapo, ernst, lummis, ricketts and rubio. senators voting in the negative -- cardin, casey, gillibrand, heinrich, hirono, kaine, kelly, king, merkley, rosen, sanders, shaheen, smith, van hollen, warren, and wyden. mr. peters, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr.

kelly, did mr. biden give any time line for the americans?> reporter: jose, he's signaling optimism, but with two transfers of hamas held hostages and no americans among them, u.s. officials do tell us they are disappoint but remain hopeful. although not certain that that could soon change. two women with american citizenship and a 4-year-old girl could be released now, the president was out and about here in nantucket before attending church, and he was asked about the status of hostages, and he said hopefully you'll see something soon. the president was also on the phone early today at the fist sign of a delay, speaking with the prime minister and the amir of qatar talking about the hurdles in this process and urging all the parties to get back on track. jose >> kelly o'donnell in nantucket, thank you. >>> turning to other news, derek chauvin, the former minnesota police officer convicted of murdering george floyd was himself the victim of a violent attack while serving time in an arizona prison liz kreutz has details >> reporter: tonight t

mr. matthew this, the kelly general. yeah. my stuff going on sort of and also i wanna say and on the same point in time, that listen, somebody did you get a one boss of the hour that this gives you the fun to see it when i thought via email the let's pull the list that i am awesome book or the example a list of amazon of florida's list today. most i little bit commenced. i mean, i is phillips of getting them off the sale of them without going through. i think, i mean the place get gives them skinner. those will be that most of the awful love a new cartoon cart is called to who is g. yay. mm hm. you know, it is got a lot of video play. i'm going for a man to, to get a phone call my left for you by the amelia from me. and i say that i hope that i left from darcy and then to follow here for the answer. okay, so you can this somebody to me by name, i'm at the end, they give money to for us to hit me for the kids in the hands of the, the i'm the casa, the me on the, for the summit to me, my, my most and one of his classes for both

mr. kelly: wasn't too long 2018 in the neighborhood where my mother grew up was a horrific killing at the tree of life. 11 killed and six wounded. hard for me to believe my mother growing up in that neighborhood and being one of the nine members of the family would be in a neighborhood where people fostered hate. we keep seeing going this on and on and on and on and nine paragraphs of what we talk and where we think it needs to end, it finishes up with the final paragraph. i can't imagine what it's like for all of you to sit here today and have to defend your faith. not in some far-off land but right in america where these are the very things we champion. and when we talk about ivory towers, the university of pennsylvania quite honestly would be glad to tell you how great they are and welcoming and they are the greatest institutional -- educational institution, the university of pennsylvania, at a poetry festival had speakers had hostility towards the jewish people and hosted on the weekend on

mr. farmani, the secretary of ashraf kelli, the head of the basij organization, what does ashraf kelli mean? in the organization of the armed forces , there is a department next to the vice-chairs of the organizations and forces, which oversees the organizational performance of the ranks from the headquarters to the hierarchy of the armed forces. perhaps part of the inspections is more about individual performance, but ashraf's organizational performance is very excellent. thank you very much. let's go to the special meeting of the students with the officials on the occasion of the holy defense week. what will happen in these meetings, students? it is demanding from the society and especially in the student mobilization because they have problem-oriented goals, the students in different academic fields of the system are enumerating the issues of that field, for example , our agricultural students, agricultural engineers are enumerating the issues of this field , our technical engineering students are enumerating the issues of that field. ayatollah raisi is the head of the government, and ea

kelly roberts. oh, oh. mr. mr. me, mr.. j. hello hrc family. how you doing. can y'all give it up? one more time for nick harris? come on. yes. yes yes. blue ivy. better watch out. her job is at risk. y'all. welcome to the human rights campaign. the equality convention in y'all. we are so thrilled to have you all in the house tonight. we are gathered and excited to be here in community for what promises? to be an electrifying, you know, here at we love the national okay it's our super but this year we decide to do a little something different to get this love fest started we thought we'd get together for a family meeting if you will to have a little conversation about liberation. cause yeah, let's face that. we're not just fighting for our rights. we're fighting for our freedom. we're fighting for our dignity. we're fighting to make and take space in this world that belongs to all of us. y'all. yes. so before we dive into tonight's program, i got to take a second to lay down a couple house rules for everybody. that's in here. and don't worry, you now know to do beyonce's mute chall

mr. motion chairman. kelly from a north dakota dod perspective, i believe that what would help is predictable funding. so we do support a higher of program funds by formula and reduce reducing distribution through the lower spending. discretionary programs. and we always appreciate flexibility in spending and thank you and thank you all of you. before we adjourn, i think we've got some house keeping, but i want to ask committee staff, can i ask for unanimous consent when i'm the only person here i can? all right. so i'm asking for unanimous consent to submit like i would oppose my own request, a letter from the advocates for highway and auto safety. a statement for the record from the american traffic safety services association, a letter from the owner operator, independent drivers association and 20 other industry groups about the truck parking safety improvement act, a news release from national and state law enforcement groups, including the international association of chiefs of police, the arizona state t

mr. ryan kelly, director of elections, office of the leupt governor, state of utah, containing unofficial results of special election for representative to congress for the second congressional district of utah, held on november 21, 2023. signed, sincerely, kevin f. mccumber, acting clerk. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the honorable gentlewoman from utah, the honorable celeste maloy, be permitted to take the oath of office today. her certificate of election has not arrived but there's no contest raised with respect to her election. the speaker: without objection. will representative-elect maly and members of the utah delegation present themselves in the well. the speaker: all members will rise and the representative-elect will please raise her right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that you will take this obligation freely with

kelly, before i let you go, if you just talk about the impact that mrs. carter had on the office of the first lady. she transformed the office, as i said in my opening. not just for herself, but for every first lady after her. it is because of rosalynn carter the office of the first lady is organized into social and personal, and scheduling in advance, and special projects. like, she made a job. can we talk a little bit about her impact in that role for all of the first ladies? >> and it is so important, because of course it is an unelected in unpaid position. and yet, one of enormous influence. so many of our first ladies are often more popular than the president himself. overtime, over many examples. and they are out in a very special place in american life. often when we can -- . she wanted to do more than, that she was an adviser, she was a juror direct diplomatic and busari for president carter. that was not done, and it is not often known that her birth name is eleanor rosalynn smith. and so, she in many ways was -- a lot like eleanor roosevelt. in

mr. love you done me wrong ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right!that was "love, you didn't do right by me" performed by the one and only rosemary clooney from white christmas. i'm obsessed with rosemary clooney. the song has become one of the great american standards and has been covered from ella fitzgerald to diana krall. i'm excited about my first guest, one of them has been here before and they favorite on the show and of mine, but the other has never been here and i didn't know she was coming until i had to read the promo line. daniel radcliffe, meg ryan? [cheers and applause] ay

kelly. >> thank you mr. chairman. clearly i married up, no doubt.thank you everybody for being here today and i apologize for running a little late. everygi summer in arizona it's hot. we know that. this year the heatwave hit a whole new level. the month of july phoenix had a 31 day streak where the average temperature was above 110 degrees fahrenheit. 31 days in a row. in total we had seen 55 days a above 110 this summer. it. some precedent one stat that i saw describing this summer's heat stands out above the rest. i was just looking at plot a couple of months ago of, this was a global plot of worldwide temperatures and we looked at the summer of 2023. it l stands out in data from the copernicus climate change service down the average local temperature is what i'm talking about. when i looked at this it was three sigmad variations, three standard deviations away from the norm. to me as somebody who used to do a live date as a test pilot, it could be a bad data point. it could be that you not temperatures a pretty easy thing to measure. so in my vi

mr. davarzni, the head of the federation. i reached a total of 6 options after talking to kelly actually different coaches inside and outside, blinchini, vitalhan, roberto piadza and vladimirino are four foreign options, which, along with peyman akbari and saeed maarouf , are actually six options that are likely to become the head coach of our country's national team . the final meetings are scheduled to be held next week. and from that meeting, the final option should not be chosen, that is, the technical committee itself will come to re-select or the federation itself, in fact , it is supposed to be a cooperation between the federation and the technical committee . yes, and there are many who agree there is some truth, including that they say that in fact saeed maarouf is his first experience anyway, and maybe this is a great experience for saeed maarouf who has no experience as a head coach, and my supporters say that he is one of the best players anyway who is the best volleyball player in the history of our country and maybe in this situation he can be the best option for the head coach of our national team . according

kelly: please let me know. thank you, mr. chairman. sen.rper: did you say you were an ice hockey coach. dr. wehner: yes. i coached teenagers. sen. carper: do you still do it? dr. wehner: not any longer. i cannot skate anymore, unfortunately. sen. carper: who was the greatest hockey player who ever played the sport? dr. wehner: wayne gretzky. sen. carper: wayne gretzky was once asked what he is the greatest hockey player on the planet and he said -- he replied i go where the puck will be, not where the puck is. a little bit like attribution sites, you are going to help figure out where the puck is going to be and be able to address it, it works pretty well. just coming back to dr. wehner for more questions and we may be joined by another colleague or two. every other committee is meeting at the same time. we have a big bipartisan forum going on on artificial intelligence. we have some people who would like to be here who just cannot be here. i think this is being held alive so they are watching it. the impact you are having is far greater th

kelly, president and chief executive officer, military officers association of america. commander james gooch, chair, board of directors, commissioned officers association of the united states public health service. mrive director, air force sergeants association. mr. stephen by south gate, commander, polish legion of american veterans of the united states of america. mr. jeffrey brough door, national president, korean war veterans association of the united states of america. mr. david rodriguez senior, national commander, american g.i. form of the united states. mr. lawrence wolf, national commander, catholic war veterans. mr. donald overton junior, executive director, blinded veterans association. retired united states army colonel barely chains key, national commander, jewish war veterans of the united states of america. dr. wayne reynolds, national treasure -- treasurer, vietnam veterans of america. the associate and emeritus members of the committee are located to my front right. i would like to ask the president and national commanders, who comprise our associate and emeritus membership, to stand and be recognized. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in recognizing our veterans national leade