mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. parties, aye. -- mr. peters, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. butler, aye. -- ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. the nomination is confirmed. un

mr. lankford, aye. mr. kelly, no. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. vote:: vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. warren, no. mr. daines, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. murphy, no. ms. butler, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 61, the nays are 36. the amendment is agreed to. # the senator from -- the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i rise to speak about the need to -- the presiding officer: will the senate call up his amendment? mr. cruz: mr. president, i call up my amendment numbered 1296 and ask it be reported

mr. lankford, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye, ms. hirono, aye. mr. lee, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. young, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. budd, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk:

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr.ye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 67, the nays are 29. 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,

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr.enendez. 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 presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- britt, budd, collins, cramer, crapo, ernst, grassley, hoeven, johnson, kennedy, lankford, manchin, mcconnell, mullin, romney, rosen, rubio, sinema, tester, tillis, tuberville, wicker. mr. thune, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, blumenthal, booker, cantwell, casey, coons, duckworth, durbin, hickenlooper, kaine, murphy, murray, sanders, schatz. ms.

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 -- kaine, lujan and sinema. sinema is voting -- senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, cramer, grassley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, moran, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubio, sullivan, tuberville, and fischer. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr.

mr. lankford, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. ferment, aye. mr. -- mr. fetterman, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the presiding officer:. the yeas are 67. the nays are 31. 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 o

mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr.off, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. menendez, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. cramer, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. kathleen holland vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. hide-smith, no. -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. cortez masto,

mr. lankford, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. -- mr. graham, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. reed, no. ms. sinema, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. sanders, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. tester, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, no. the

mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 42, 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. mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i am back for now the 290th time to urge this chamber to act on climate change. i've got my trusty graphic here, which after nearly 300 of these is getting a little battered. this evening, i'd like to talk about two things -- first is the grim parade of climate-driven disasters the united states and the world has experienced over the last several months. then our hearings in the budget committee on the enormous budgetary and economic dangers caused by fossil fuel emissions. let's start with the unprecedented warming the world is experiencing. this june was the hottest june on record. then ju

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, britt, brown, cantwell, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cortez masto, cramer, daines, durbin, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, king, klobuchar, lankford, mcconnell, moran, murray, ossoff, risch, rounds, rubio, schatz, schumer, shaheen, sinema, tillis, tuberville, young. senators voting in the negative -- braun, paul. mr. padi

mr. lankford, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr.illa, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. capito, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. daines, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr.

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: on this vote the yeas are 53, the nays are 44. the resolution has passed. is en madam president. --. mr. lankford: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to peek -- speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: madam president, earlier this year i was with a bipartisan delegation, traveled around the abraham accords country. we were in morocco, bahrain, uae around israel talking about advancement for peace. there was economic activity, tourist activity, a lot of interaction with development on health care, on enter -- cyber protections, cooperation for energy and water. literally families meeting each other, some of them for the first time in generations, to be able to have a conversation about a future in the middle & an agreemen

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. roll call vote. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 63, the nays are 26, and the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask

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 presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, braun, britt, brown, budd, capito, carper, casey, cassidy, cornyn, cortez-masto, cotton, crapo, daines, duckworth, fetterman, fischer, gillibrand, grassley, hagerty, hassan, hawley, heinrich, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kaine, kennedy, king, klobuchar, lankford, lee, lummis, manchin, marshall, mcconnell, menendez, murkowski, murray, paul,

mr. chair. chairman peters: thank you, senator sinema. senator lankford. sen. lankford: secretary mayorkas, you served in the obama administration as well and worked on immigration issues, and you and i have spoken about this often and you have been clear to say the system is broken. in fact, the last time we had this hearing, we had the same conversation. you said the asylum system is broken, our entire immigration system is broken. there is unanimity about that. we have hope congress will reform our working system. i went act and pulled the silent numbers -- the asylum numbers from 2010 to see how many asylum requests we had across our southwest border in 2010. in 2010, we had went to 1000 asylum requests for the year across our southwest border. now, we often have that in three days. it is an enormous shift. you also have a piece you just put out, an op-ed in the washington post, where you state the supplemental funding requests is not a long-term solution to a deep-seated problem. we need changes in our national immigration law. i would like to zero in on t

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 -- baldwin, bennet, britt, budd, butler, cantwell, capito, carper, casey, cassidy, cortez masto, cotton, daines, duckworth, enters, heinrich, hickenlooper, johnson, lee, lujan, markey, marshall, mcconnell, menendez, mullin, murray, paul, ricketts, rosen, schatz, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, thune, tillis, tuberville, van hollen, vance, warner, warnock, warren, whitehouse,ern wicker. -- and wicker. no