mr. lankford: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. s late january which means what it has meant for the last five decades. pro-life americans will gather by the hundreds of thousands in washington, d.c., and will converge on this city to say we think every child is valuable. now, you every march that i've been to and i've been to a lot, they are all cold, they don't all have snow, this one will. and i'll bet it won't dampen the spirits for a lot of students, moms, dads, little wurngs who come -- ones who come to say we're an american and we think life is valuable, is prec is it an important issue. we hr life. actually. d5 it's interesting enough when nellie gray and other pro-life leaders organized the march for life in 1973 after the roe v. wade decision, they were recognizing an anomaly in the american law, our nation has been a nation for 250 years, but abortion was instated in everyplace during that short time period under roe v. wade. for the other two centuries of ou issue about the value of life was decided in every state and am

mr. lankford, no.i the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr.oeven, no. mr. wicker, no. vote: the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 49. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion so 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 motio

mr. lankford, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. sanders, aye. plaintiff cruz, no. -- mr. cruz, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. hassan, ayly vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if no

mr. lankford, no. ms. smith, e.fe the clerk: mr. éihagerty, no. the clerk: mr.d. 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 do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 311, karoline mehalchick of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, theas been w. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of karoline mehalchick oftes district judger the middle district of pennsylvania shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.ll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr.

mr. lankford: yes, i would. mr. is: senator lankford, you've done an extraordinary job of negotiating what i think is going to be a successful compromise that's going to get support from republicans and democrats. but as you were going through this work in the years that you've spent studying this issue as a ranking member and chair in a committee of jurisdiction, i've got to believe you've looked at, let's say canada, for example. there are a lot of people that think what senator lankford and those of us who are trying to support senator lankford are being draconian and being out of step with the western world. but, senator lankford, coup just briefly describe how what we're trying to do compares to, say, our partner to the north, canada, their loss. mr. lankford: i don't meet many people that call the canadians extreme. not a derogatory statement but they have a pretty consistent system on this. if you cross the united states into canada and ask for asylum they would ask you did you cross into the united states bef

mr. lankford, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven,, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. blackburn. mr. merkley, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. cantwell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. browne, aye. -- brown -- mr. brown: aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mr. -- the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. yom, aye. -- mr. remove m /* romney, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 79, the nays are 18, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and

mr. lankford, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, groundhog. vote: the clerk: mr.rnock, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: ■k the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 667. the nays are 32. 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 senate will resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, gretchen s. lund of indiana to be united states district judge for the northern district of indiana. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president, i would like to say a few words about the urgent humanitarian catastrophe now unfolding in gaza. and the re

mr. lankford, aye. kaine mr. kaine, aye. -- the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: ms. gillibrand, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. cotton, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. . ms. baldwin, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. moran, aye. u6 the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mrs. britt, no.zf the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. graham, aye. ms. collins, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. rubio, ay homeschool. vote: the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. . mr. lee, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye.lerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. warnock, aye. . vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: on this vote, the yeas are 87 it the nays are 6, and this nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to consider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. 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 471, kirk edward sherriff, of california, to be united s

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr.. 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. ■/ +t senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blackburn, cornyn, crapo, fischer, johnson, lankford, marshall, merkley, padilla, peters, rickets, rounds, schatz, stabenow, thune, warner, warren. senators voting in the negative -- schmitt, scott of florida. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. supplemental. vote: the clerk: mr. graham, aye. 0 the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. . mr. kaine, aye. the

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ■c mr. mr. young, aye. mr. van aye. mr.. scott of south carolina, aye. eb■ the ,kclerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. 9p the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. ■e■a the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ■i the clerk: mr. graham, aye. ■é vote: ■4 thune, aye. ■á;5■[f the clerk: mr. carper, aye. 7áe the clerk:s mr. murphy, aye. ■a vote: the playbook to odessa, to kharkiv and millions will die in kyiv will become a russian city. well, this body has what it takes a resupply ukraine. rush putting one-third of its entire budget for 2024 towards its war effort. rush is receiving new ballistic missiles, artillery rounds, military equipment and drones, from its allies north korea-china and iran. and yet we are2l■e still decidig whether we as ukraine's primary ally are going to support them in the fight to come. i just want to remind my colleagues what's at stake in this fight. we are making a decision as we speak right now as to whether ukraine is an independent sovereign nation, or whether ukraine once again is a

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. vance, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. young, aye. vote:. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. vote mr. schumer: mr. president the presiding officer: the jorpt leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session, be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, very quick one tonight. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, january 9. that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceeding

mr. lankford, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr.. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. ossoff, aye.zy the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. grassley, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. merkley, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye.■ mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar. aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. warner, aye.the clerk: mr. . mr. wyden, aye. mrs. britt, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. schatz, aye.pg mr. cassidy, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. thcl murray, aye. mr. booker, aye.■b the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye.h. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye.■g the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. s

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr.ndez. 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.haheen. 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 booker cardin, cornyn ms. cortez masto: graham johnson -- the clerk: lankford lee, ricketts scott of florida, shaheen, smith, thune. senators voting in the negative heinrich paul sanders, van hollen. mr. risch, aye. mr. marshall, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. w

mr. lankford. mr. lee. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez.r. merkle mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray.h: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla.. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. the clerk: mr. risch. mr ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. the clerk: 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. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler cardin, cotton crapo, duckworth gillibrand grassley, hassan, hyde-smith,s lankford manchin menendez romney sinema tester vance, warner. no senators voted in the negative. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. ms. warren, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. budd aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. booker aye. mr.

mr. lankford is working on this, and barrasso and a lot of smart guys but what, what would biden really givehat do you think? >> well, my concern is he, joe biden is seeing the polling and may want to give lip service to the issue because he understands now he is completely lost the american people on this. 75% of americans now, i think it is even higher than that believe we have a real crisis at the southern border. i think they tried to ignore it. all the while this is part of their gameplan. this white house is filled, larry, with sort of these ivy league grads who have written these white papers on the benefits of open borders. they view themselves as global citizens, not really as americans. if you take that, if you understand what their ethos is, right, you understand why we're at where we're at, we have 8 million people who have come here illegally. those numbers are mind-boggling. how to put into perspective. the national championship game last night was in houston. if you added up all the illegals since joe biden came into office, it wouldn't be 10 of those stadiums, it wouldn't be

mr. lankford, senator lankford of oklahoma, who is a good guy, playing from a thin deck but coming out withtuff basically like biden's open border would remain open. all of sudden, conservative senators, pretty much half the conference rebelled against this stuff. then of course trump is running on issue. he was opposed to any lousy deals. what can you tell us politically from the "national review" which i used to be a senior editor of, sorry? >> right, well, larry sounds like mcconnell is recognizing that trump is going to be the party's nominee and the border is his forte. this is the issue he thrives on. the way he messages it is very compelling to voters, moderates, independents, democrats as crisis floods into our communities, our schools, our hospitals. all the local shelters you can think of, every city has been captured. there is a reason why these republican governors are calling it an invasion. politically i think trump is running on the border for a reason and mcconnell is falling in line for a reason. larry: well, amazing that. liz peek, you're writing in "the hill," joe biden's

mr. lankford: wage here and -- some language in ways that some have described as ambiguous and uncertain,f that's the primary thing we're getting is a tightening of the asylum standard, but we might also be limiting the ability of the current or future presidents, to halt the abuse of asylum and parole, then we can't do this. we shouldn't be doing this at all. mr. lee: so,■@ look, bottom lin is this, i think we're back to the point where maybe we ought to try to pass these separately. if you can get ukraine supplemental aid passed, fine, go at it. if you can somehow come up with a deal that actually closes the border security gaps and actually forces the president's hands and places some accountability on him, then i'll consider that too. i may even vote for it if i think it fixes the job, notwithstanding the fact that i have concerns sending another $62 billion to a country, $900 per u.s. taxpayer, but i'd consider it if it would actually fix the problem. and i think there's probably ways to do it. one good way of starting is to start at at starting point -- at a starting point, take bor

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. the clerk: mr. risch. the clerk: 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, boozeman, casey, cotton, fetterman, graham, heinrich, hickenlooper, hyde-smith, johnson, king, blanford, menendez, padilla, peters, risch, and schatz. no senator voted in the negative. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the

mr. speaker, i'm sorry to interrupt, i have been doing this negotiation thing for like 30 years here long before you came here. they could do that tonight. >> exactly. >> laura: they don't need the lankfordnkford bill or remain. they do not want the border to be secure. because, if they did, they would have secured it over the last three years. so then you show up at the white house and they're trying to strong arm you to agree to something that has been written by schumer's staff for months. >> yeah. laura, no one is strong arming me. i looked at the president right across the table at him in the cabinet official's room. i said, mr. president, you have the authority right now to end this catastrophe. it's your actions that created it. in fact, mr. president, i told him in the meeting today, we have documented 64 instances of you taking executive actions and your agencies that created this catastrophe. mr. president, it's on you to unwind it. we don't need new laws. you could do it right now. i have cited to him, read him the legal authority on the phone thursday last week that he could take. and do you know what he said in the meeting, laura? he said we are ready to do big things on the