mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lamont. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. >> currently in a roll call vote voting on senator ted cruz, the republican of texas, his motion to proceed to a closed session to consider senate majority leader chuck schumer's motion that the impeachment article is unconstitutional deciding whether to go to closed session, and that after that. we expect the senate majority leader chuck schumer to continue with his push to make the trial, we are here on c-span two watching live. mr. rubio. >> mr. sanders. mr. shots. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. domino. mr. sullivan. mr. chester. 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 nays are 59,, the emotion is not agreed to, the motion made by the majority leader is on the point of order. senator from louisiana? >> i have a motion. i think my motion takes precedent. having heard senator sch

mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, miss lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr, 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, mr. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schott, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina. ms. shaheen, 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. >> roll call votes on senate minority leader mcconnell's motion to table senator chuck schumer constitutional point of order. you'll recall senate majority's leaders point of order was article one of the impeachment articles against alejandro mayorkas was unconstitutional because no high crimes or misdemeanors were alleged. that is the vote democrats are trying to get too. this is the third motion by senate republicans to try to either delay that vote

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. sf sf coons, grassley, king, murray, smith and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- crapo, paul, scott of south carolina, and thune. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. budd, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. heinrich, aye. m

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. the clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: any senator who was not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators will make the fact known to the claire so the oat may be -- to the chair so the oath may be administered as soon as possibl

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

mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. carper, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. young, no. mr. paul, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. markey, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, ay

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. mrs. lummis mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> senators voting whether to proceed to close session so they would be able to debate whether article two of the impeachment article against alejandro mayorkas rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. if you been watching along with us with a similar this would be a similar boat to the motion raised one senator ted cruz stood up regarding article one and senator chuck schumer's efforts to move that article one did not rise to t

mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 58. the nays are 42. 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 535, ann marie mciff allen of utah to be united states district judge for the district of utah signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory

mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, mr. alanis district of islamists, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr, mr. mullin, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray, mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. reed, mr. ricketts, mr. risch, mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schatz, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, ms. sinema, ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. turberville mr. vance mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young, [roll call vote] >> what are the final results here on the boat to officially end the impeachment trial homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the two articles filed against alejandro mayorkas sent over from the house were concluded to not rise to the level of impeachment under the constitution. and thus, this final vote on ending the impeachment trial. live coverage here on cspan2.

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 49. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to calendar 365, h.r. 7888. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 365, h.r. 7888, an act to reform the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 365, h.r. 7888, an act to reform the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978 signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask that further reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask the senate stand in recess until 2:10 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection.

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. rounds, aye. hyperbole. vote: the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. wyden, no. mr. welch, no. mr. cantwell, no. mr. cardin, no. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no o. the clerk:

mr. lankford: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: next week we're scheduled to begin a trial of the secretary of homeland security. doesn't begin a conversation about homeland security in our country. that conversation started years ago now. the american people are incredibly frustrated with what they're seeing on the southern border, and they keep saying it over and over again. remarkably so in a nation where inflation continues to be stubbornly high, where it's harder and harder to afford a carton of eggs, gasoline, all the basics of life, in all the areas you would think the economy would be the number one issue in the nation, actually national security and border security ends up being number one, regardless of what state you live in. this is no long airborder state issue -- no longer a border state issue. americans feel this is a problem. well, they should. in the past three years, more people illegally crossed our southern border than the previous 12 years combined, and it's not close, the number. we're approaching eig

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. warre alexander. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 79. the nays are 18. the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 815 is agreed to. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 598. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the notion. -- the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary. georgia n. alexakis of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: 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 th

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: mr. hyde-smith, mr. johnson, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, ms. plumb miss. mr. manchin,. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, capito, cassidy, lee, paul, ricketts, rubio. senators voting in the negative -- butler, cantwell, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, kaine, manchin, markey, menendez, murray, sanders, schatz, smith, warner, wyden. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. vote: the clerk

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr.nock, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. lee, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. paul, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, a

mr. lankford, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. durbin, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. sanders, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 68, the nays are 18. the motion is agreed to. mr. braun: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. braun: i come to the floor this evening because we've got some serious business ahead of us soon. for laken riley, ruby garcia, and the countless americans who have died from fentanyl, the senate must hold a full impeachment trial of secretary alejandro mayorkas. secretary mayorkas is breaking the law every day he releases illegal immigrants into the united states. the department of homeland security is required under law to detain thes

mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. risch, aye. ms. baldwin, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. ms. klobuchar, no. ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. peters, no. mr. cotton, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye.

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, blumenthal, boozman, carper, cassidy, collins, coons, cramer, duckworth, durbin, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hickenlooper, hirono, hoeven, hyde-smith, kennedy, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, mcconnell, mendendez, moran, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, rounds, schatz, schumer, shaheen, stabenow, sullivan, thune, tillis, van hollen, warnock, welch, whitehouse, and wicker. mr. daines v

mr. king, ms. klobuchar, many lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. men menendez, mr. merkley are, mr. moran, mr. mullen, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy -- [inaudible conversations] >> majority leader is recognized. >> let the quorum call be dispensed with. >> without objection. there are -- [inaudible conversations] >> mr. clerk. >> i've been directed by the house of representatives to inform the senate that the house has agreed to house resolution 995, a resolution appointing and authorizing impeachment managers for the impeachment trial of alejandro nicholas mayorkas, secretary the of homeland security. >> the message will be received and the senate takes notice of the action by the house. >> madam president and members of the senate, i announce the presence of managers on the part of the house of representatives to conduct proceeding on behalf of the house concerning the impeachment of alejandro nicholas mayorkas, secretary of homeland security. >> the managers on the part of the house will be received and's escorted to the well of the senate. [no audi

mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. the clerk: mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: any senator who was not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators will make the fact known to the claire so the oat may be -- to the chair so the oath may be administered as soon as possibl

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. the clerk: mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. 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 -- cortez masto, durbin, hassan, heinrich, kaine, manchin, peters, rosen, sanders, schatz, sinema, stabenow, tillis, welch. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, cotton, crapo, ernst, grassley, hagerty, kennedy, marshall, paul, scott of florida, scott of south carolina. the clerk: mr. schmitt no. ms. butler, aye. mr. young, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye

mr. lankford: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. president. you know, we gathered just a couple of hours ago to receive the impeachment earlies -- articles on alejandro mayorkas who is the secretary of homeland security. if how interesting that as we look 59 going through this impeachment, we have senator schumer when's the majority leader who -- who's the majority leader who has decided he wants to change his tune when it comes to dealing with impeachment. now, in 2019 right before the democrats started in on president trump and an impeachment trial for president trump, leader schumer stood right here in this chamber, and he said we have a responsibility to let all the facts come out. we have to remember our constitutional duty to act as judges and jurors in a potential trial. now, those are his comments at that point in time. it was all for an impeachment t

conservative republicans james lankford and we didn't go forward because president trump and others said we don't want to give biden a victory and campaign on the chaos. mr. nadler: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. mr. suozzi: we want to campaign on the chaos or a victory to the democrats. it's not a victory for biden but for the united states of america. for us to move forward as a country we have to work together. i see the people up here in the gallery, people watch television and read the newspaper and they are sick of this. they don't want us fighting with each other and the hyperbole. they want us to sit down and negotiate a setment. h.r. 2 was tried before and didn't work. let's say trump gets elected and you win the house, the senate, and i don't want that to happen, you won't get enough votes in the senate. you still have to negotiate a bipartisan compromise. people have got to learn to get back to the basics of legislating and negotiating and working together to solve the problems that the people of america demand that we solve. i yield become. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the members are reminded to direct their

. >> the next three will be warner, lankford and johnson. >> thank you mr. chairman.you are going to get to senator cassidy this information about not re-creating we have to customize on everything in government and the products off-the-shelf and also there is an enormous challenges in this area there's a great deal of upside so i hope whatever information you get can get to me as well. is this really the way you want to spend this part of your life? i'm a little surprised we've gone through a number of questions and you haven't been asked one of the first even some of my republican colleagues don't like all the money knowing going ithink most of them woulde better enforcement and it's been most recent estimate and a ten year span there has been some testimony that while you indicated you are with individuals in terms of enforcement but there's some reference there's upwards of $500,000 of additional revenue from the investigation garnered. can you give us u some sense of this kind of record investment in your organization what does it look like in terms of how we are

conservative republicans james lankford and we didn't go forward because president trump and others said we don't want to give biden a victory and campaign on the chaos. mr. nadler: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. mr. suozzi: we want to campaign on the chaos or a victory to the democrats. it's not a victory for biden but for the united states of america. for us to move forward as a country we have to work together. i see the people up here in the gallery, people watch television and read the newspaper and they are sick of this. they don't want us fighting with each other and the hyperbole. they want us to sit down and negotiate a setment. h.r. 2 was tried before and didn't work. let's say trump gets elected and you win the house, the senate, and i don't want that to happen, you won't get enough votes in the senate. you still have to negotiate a bipartisan compromise. people have got to learn to get back to the basics of legislating and negotiating and working together to solve the problems that the people of america demand that we solve. i yield become. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the members are reminded to direct their

lankford, and johnson. sen. warner: thank you, mr. chairman. if you are going to get to senator cassidy this information about not re-creating the whole ball of flax on software programs and updates on computers, i would like to see it as well. i agree with bill. it seems we always have to customize on everything in government, and usually products that are not as good as off-the-shelf. i would add, while there are enormous challenges around ai, there is a great deal of upset. i hope whatever information you get to senator cassidy you will get to me as well. it is great to see you here and i remember when you first got nominated for this, and is this really the way you wanted to spend as part of your life? i'm glad you were doing it. you are getting results. i'm surprised we have gone through a number of questions and you have not been asked what i would have thought would have been one of the first questions. even some of my republican colleagues who don't like all of the money going, i would agree most of them would -- was to them would agree

lankford. they had their chance. it didn't work. neither will this. i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: i will respond briefly. the united states house of represe representatives, the united states house of representatives has found after a lengthy investigation that the chaos at the southern border is manmade. and the united states house of representatives has alleged that that man's name is secretary mayorkas. we need to hold a trial. now, senator durbin is my good friend and as usual he's -- and he sounds very confident that the evidence will exonerate secretary mayorkas. how does he know? he hasn't heard the evidence. and he doesn't want to hear the evidence because he's scared that the american people might disagree. that's what this is all about. raw, gut politics. mr. lee: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, the house impeached secretary alejandro mayorkas. he's the second cabinet official to be impeached in all of american history. the last cabinet member to be impeached was william w. beltnap in 1876. the senate held