the senator from vermont mr. leahy. the senator from illinois mr. durbin. the senator from michigan, stabenow. the senator from minnesota, is klobuchar. the senator from wisconsin ms. baldwin. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. ther senator from south dakota, mr. thune. the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. the senator from iowa, mr. ernst a. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. and the senator from iowa, mr. grassley. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. [background noises] >> madam speaker the dean at the diplomatic board. [applause] [background noises] [background noises] >> madam speaker the chief injustice and associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [applause] [background noises] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> madam speaker the president's cabinet. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] : : : [background sou

schumer, the senator from vermont, mr. leahy, the senator from illinois, mr.bin, the senator from michigan, the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar, senator from wisconsin, ms. baldwin, the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, the senator from south dakota, the senator from wyoming, the senator from iowa, ms. earnst, the senator from missouri, mr. blunt, and the senator from iowa, mr. grassley. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. >> now we wait. [indiscernible conversations] >> madam speaker, the dean of the diplomatic board. [applause] [indiscernible conversations] >> madam speaker, the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [indiscernible conversations] [applause] >> madam speaker, the president's cabinet. [applause] [applause] [indistinguishable conversations] [indistinguishable conversations] [indistinguishable conversations] [indistinguishable conversations] [indistinguishable conversations] >> madame speaker, the president of the united states. [applause]

mr. leahy: madam president, earlier this week, after months of negotiation -- and i do want to compliment, before i even start, the staff and later i'll put all the names in the record, but the staff who worked weekends, late at night. i remember times when i'd get off the phone with them at 11:00 at night or midnight and i could go to bed and they were still there working until 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning. but after all those months of negotiation, the committees on appropriations introduced a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill. now, madam president, i explained this is a consolidation of 12 annual appropriations bills to fund the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year. last night the house passed it on a bipartisan basis. it's now before us, and we need to act on it quickly. our annual appropriations bills are where we reflectively act on our national priorities. in total, this bill includes $730 billion p in nondefense funding. that's a $46 billion i

mr. leahy: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: what russians doing to ukraine and its citizens is an atrocity. ukraine is an american ally and an independent and democratic of 41 million people who simply want to live in peace. the russian invasion is an illegal, unprovoked, and brutal assault that over the past 19 days since the full-scale invasion began has targeted and killed thousands of civilians. americans have seen this atrocity in real time. with horrific videos online on our television screens. the videos and photos have sometimes been shocking. remember the one of the woman who was on a stretcher pregnant leaving the maternity hospital that had been bombed by the russians. we now learn that that woman and her baby have died. today, we learn that more journalists have been killed, including an american journalists, a fox news camera person. i just returned last night from a bipartisan congressional delegation trip to poland, neighboring ukraine here i was d

leahy. >> thank you mr. chair. judge jackson welcome, it is good to see you again. today and throughout this week the committee and the country are going to hear from judge jackson. she has been nominated to be the next associate justice of the united states supreme court. any nomination to the court's historic. there have only been 115 justices in our nation's history. judge jackson's nomination is historic in more ways than one. her nomination, pending confirmation by the senate, will bring us one step closer to having a supreme court that is more reflective of our nation. one with diversity of race, gender, background of education. an experience that will allow all americans to look at the court and see in its justices a reflection of the american people. judge jackson, with your presence here today you are writing a new page in the history of america, a good page. who the president nominates and the senate decides to confirm, before the federal judiciary especially to the nation's , highest court, is extremely important. the american people, our constituents, an

mr. speaker, i thank ranking member granger, our senate partners, chairmanly a i have hi, vice chair -- chairman leahy and all of our members. i want to salute the staff on both sides of the aisle. these are the most unbelievable, professional individuals i have ever met. they do the job every, every single day. and night. and up all night. so with that, i ur [inaudible

leahy, president pro tempore. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: mr. president, thank you. good morning, i'd like to begin by acknowledging and thanking pastor bob thune for his opening prayer this morning. it should come as no surprise based on the last name that we are related. he is my nephew. i've been blessed through the years with a rich spiritual heritage as as he. his father and my big brother was the spiritual trailblazer in my family. went on to pastor churches in the midwest and west coast for about 50 years. his son bob, my nephew, is carrying on in that great tradition. bob pastor's church is known as coram deo in omaha, nebraska. its a -- it's latin for presence. god. he proclaim, striewt of the gospel from the pulpit but on a daily basis he and his congregation have at the center of their daily lives the presence of god as they seek to have an impact on their community and their region and on this world. and bob is in many respects as it says in the book of acts fulfilling god's purpose for his generation. and so i am grat

accomplishment, and i thank the president, senators leahy and durbin and all our appropriators and members of both sides of the aisle for getting it done. now, on scotus, mr. president, what do retired conservative judges, a group of 80 current and retired state attorneys general, the u.s. black chambers and the international association of police chief all share in common? you might ask yourself that question. well, they are just a few, just a few of the many, many groups and individuals that have endorsed judge ketanji brown jackson for the supreme court. when i met with judge jackson a few weeks ago, it was immediately clear why so many different groups have sung her praises. on top of her brilliance, on top of her experience, she is unusually gifted at seeing and apreeshating both sides -- appreciating both sides of an argument. little surprise then that in the course of rendering nearly 550 decisions as a federal district judge, she was rarely reversed by higher courts. in fact, she's been reversed perhaps around a dozen times out of 550 decisions. that's about 2%, 2% of the time. this week, members from both sides of the aisle will continue meeting

mr. speaker, i thank ranking member granger, our senate partners, chairmanly a i have hi, vice chair -- chairman leahy and all of our members. i want to salute the staff on both sides of the aisle. these are the most unbelievable, professional individuals i have ever met. they do the job every, every single day. and night. and up all night. so with that, i urge support and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 973, the previous question is ordered. the question of adoption of the motion is divided. the first portion of the divided question is will the house concur in the senate amendment with the matter proposed to be inserted as divisions b, c, f, x and z, and titled 2 and 3 of division n of the amendment of the house? the question is on the first portion of the divided question. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the first portion of the divided question is adopted. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. granger: mr. speaker, i ask fo

leahy. dave pomeroy is a bassist, writer and producer, and he the president of the national musicians association and is an international music officer of the federation of musicians. as a studio musician, mrmeroy has played bass on more than 500 albums, including six grammy winning recordings with the diverse range of artists. he also has released more than 1,000 projects on his label and is a long-time columnist. he served on the international executive board, the american federation of musicians since 2010. we welcome our witnesses and thank them for participating today. i will begin by swearing you in. please turn on your audio and make sure i can see your face and raise your right hand while i administer the oath. do you swear the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge and belief so help you god. >> i do. >> i do. >> show the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. thank you. please note that each of your written statements will be entered into the record in their entirety. accordingly, i ask you summarize your testimony in five minutes. to help you stay within that time there's a timer on your screen. ms. estafan, you are recognized for

mr. chair. i want to follow up on a couple specific programs. in particular there are certain security that like section 127 e and 1202 programs. can you clarify any of these programs are subject to leahyetting? >> we absolutely prioritize. my understanding is that ensuring that our partners are following human rights is a key priority in everything that we do. so, while i cannot speak at this moment as to whether or not leahy vetting exactly applies, i can promise you that we're looking how and what ways our partners and allies are appropriately following human rights. if they're violating them, then that means we need to have a relook and a different kind of conversation. if there are any specifics that you'd like me to take back, i'm more than willing to do so in an hour, of course, separately. >> perfect. well, i will look forward to working with you to get in writing some more clarification on that question of leahy vetting and those tw programs and providing security assistance to units. i want to turn now. we have seen a proliferation of coups over the past year and almost which have involved military that has been trained by the united states including mali and guinea. how has

mr. leahy: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: madam president, the distinguished senator from alabama, senator shelby and i have been friends for decades. i applaud his work on this. i applaud his staff. i applaud our staff in the appropriations committee. i thank those senators in both parties who came together to come here. we stand up for america. we stand up for the needs of america. but we also stand up for ukraine , which is being attacked by a war criminal, putin of russia. i yield back my time and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to concur. the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: does any senator wish to vote? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 68, the nays are 31. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this motion, the motion to concur is agreed to. mr. leahy: madam president? the presiding officer: th

. >> mr. leahy, aye. ing. >> mr. heinrich, aye, mr. scatz, aye. >> mr. cotton, aye. >> ms. feinstein, aye. >> mr. chester, aye. mr. kasey, aye. mr. graham, aye. >> mr. moran, aye. >> mr. durbin, aye. >> ms. smith, aye. vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 69, the nays are 30, 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 actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture, 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 764, january contreras of arizona, to be assistant secretary for family support, department of health and human services, signed by 16 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of january contreras