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 central district of california, signed by 19 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 monica ramirez almadani of california to be united states district judge for the central district of california shall be brought too a

mr. lee, no. mr. barasso, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. ms. murkowski, yiep. -- aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, brandy r. mcmillion of michigan to be united states district judge for the eastern district of michigan. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of s.j. res. 38 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 238, s.j. res. 38, joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, and so forth. ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you so much. first, i'll speak more tomorrow about brandy

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 -- bozeman, brit, collins, cornyn, cotton, cruz, ernst, grassley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, king, moran, rounds, rubio, tester, vance, and wicker. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, booker, brown, cardin, casey, durbin, gillibrand, heinrich, kelly, lummis, peters, rosen, shaheen, warner, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. vote: the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mr. merkley,

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 -- blumenthal, cornyn, cortez-masto, cruz, daines, durbin, kennedy, lujan, mullin, reed, rosen, stabenow, tester, thune, vance, welch. no senator voted in the negative. mrs. capito, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. kaine, aye. ms. hirono, aye. ms. murkowski aye mr. padilla, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. lankford, aye. vote

the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. -- mr. brown, ay. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 46, 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 with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby

mr. lee, no. mr. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no.the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. paul, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: on this matter

the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. braun, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. 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: 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 377, shanlyn a.s. park, of hawaii, to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, it the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of shanlyn a.s. park, of hawaii, to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii, shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandat

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 lift up concerns we're hearing from pa

the clerk: mr. lee, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, the nays 46, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is made and laid upon the table, and the president will immediately be 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 117

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 -- barrasso, bennet, blackburn, blumenthal, britt, brown, budd, butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, cassidy, collins, coons, cornyn, cortez masto, daines, duckworth, durbin, ernst, fisher, gillibrand, graham, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, hoeven, johnson, kennedy, lummis, manchin, markey, marshall, menendez, merkley, moran, mullin, murkowski, purposery, ossoff, padilla, paul, peters, reed

mr. lee: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, reserving the right to object. i have nothing but warm feelings and respect and gratitude for the noble service that my colleagues from alaska and iowa and south carolina and indiana have demonstrated their loyalty to their country serving in their respective branches of the u.s. military. i have nothing but respect for the service that they've dedicated to the united states as united states senators. i've nothing but respect for the brave men and women who have for two and a half centuries donned the uniform in defense of their fellow beings so that they might live in comfort, in peace while they offer up their last full measure of their devotion day after day. i've nothing but respect for what they're trying to do in the sense that i know that they want the military to be all that it needs to be in order to protect the american people. i certainly do share the concern that they express to the extent that we ever put our armed services personnel in jeopardy because of poli

mr. glenn lee, who is a resident of the diva. mr. lee, thanks for being here. good morning. mayor breed, supervisor peskin, distinguished guests, thank you for your visit this morning and thank you for the opportunity to be a welcome part of the diva to together we celebrate what is the achievement of the diva and it's recognized that not only from the larger perspective, but from all of us who live here and some who may not be able to articulate it, know that. mayor reed, as you know and as you all well know here, finding stable housing is a big challenge. personally it has been a very difficult one and one is caused quite a bit of despair for the emotional scars of which remain to this day. but for the efforts of the many who out of their hearts work tirelessly to give themselves from all walks of life, from all levels of society, from all different professions and skills, who came together, work tirelessly and compassionately. to bring together solution to this problem. there are many lessons in life learned here and much appreciation for that. the travel to the diva has

the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. aye. mr. vance, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. sullivan, no. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 49. 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 go do hereby move to bring to a close debate executive calendar number 373, charlotte a. burrows of the district of columbia to be a member of the equal employment op

the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. welch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye.he 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 reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination which the cle

the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, 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 actions. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to calendar number 30, h.r. 815. the presiding officer: the clerk will report,. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 30, h.r. 815, an act to amend title -- mr. schumer: i send a cloture moti

mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez.r. 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. 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. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, collins, cramer, crapo, cruz, marshall, paul, tuberville, vance, young. senators voting in the negative -- brown, butler, casey, fetterman, heinrich, hickenlooper, kelly, merkley, ossoff, peters, rosen, tester, van hollen, warner, warren. mr. romney, no. mr. risch, aye. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. th

mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. the clerk: mrs. britt. quorum call: [inaudible conversations] theme and thank you all for coming this morning and thank you for rearranging your schedules. unfortunately i'm not able to -- but i still wanted to have the opportunity to chat with all of you. what is happening on capitol hill but i want you to take a moment to chat about something i'm passionate about and that the senate is passionate about and that's fighting this gorgeous fentanyl. as you know is that it go to last month and met directly with president g similar to president biden's meeting tomorrow. it probably took more time than any other and we 85 minutes which was unprecedented. we made a plea to president xi to stop the precursor drugs, sorry we made a plea to stop the precursor chemicals that chinese companies sent to mexico and the drag games make the fentanyl incentive into america. i told president xi they could be preventing a -- worried about the

. >> mr. lee. mr. cruz. >> this is a complete disgrace. >> maybe you can -- >> my colleagues over here understand what goes around comes around. >> this is so unnecessary. to ruin the committee over a political exercise is going nowhere. senator whitehouse --. >> was my name called? i can't hear. >> was he recognized to speak? >> we are in a roll call. >> i would like to speak please. >> we are in a roll call. >> i'm waiting to be heard on the nominations. is this an illegal vote? >> so now he is going to dictate how other senators not? >> on this vote the ayes are 10. >> we now turn to nominations that have not been debated before the committee and the committee -- >> mr. chairman, i seek to speak on set a frame. >> that is the next nominee and you are recognized. >> i thank you for that. i have made it clear that i will not support this nomination and their is a good reason for not supporting him, mr. chairman. the white house really does not have a good record when it comes to this seat. back in feb

the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. wyden, aye.clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the 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.

mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: 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, blumenthal, booker, brown, cantwell, cardin, casey, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, hassan, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, menendez, murray, padilla, peters, rosen, schatz, smith, tester, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, budd, capito, collins, cotton, cramer, crapo, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, hawley

i appreciate that mr. lee, what, what do you mean to kind of ask you for your personal opinion on the current stage of the ministry operation in gaza? i mean you'll, you'll, you'll there in israel, you've been years and the diplomatic sector as well. you're, you're sitting there and seeing all the same pictures that we're seeing here all the way in moscow. what's your personal opinion on the, how, how the ministry operation is going for israel, or right now. this the, me, the, but the, i see the difficult, the bog once payment ranking guys up is, i know we have the same thing guys uh, already. so i think they slowly, uh we, we load the domain the, the of the war. and we tried to bro wrist slowly, but again, it like split these here as well. but it's, but it's always get to, it was always good to have a chance to pick your brain with the layout because of all your years and that part of the world, but also using a diplomatic sector as well. you're a very interesting man to talk to. i don't the full my is ready

the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. young, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. -- ms. smith, aye. , mr. hagerty, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. 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

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 notified of the senate's actions. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the following nominations be returned to the judiciary commi

mr. stephen cliff guard lee. can see him here in police body cam footage after ruby freeman called the police on him in december 22. mr. lee who calls himself america's chaplain saying, quote, i'm not going to plead out to a lie. i'm not going to cooperate with evil. this is the lord's battle, and we've got to fight it. we're going to have more on the upcoming and ongoing battles down in fulton county as the attorney for yet another codefendant issued another big mea culpa in court today. former fulton county assistant d.a. melissa redman joins us next. istant d.a. melissa redman joins us next goli, taste your goals. nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. now you can stream all your games like it's nothing. yes! [ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and down that field looks tough. it's a pitch. get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. >>> judge, in being transparent with the court and to make sure that nobody else gets blamed for what

howard, and last but not least from the richmond district, i want to invite up to say a few words, mrs. lee. [applause] >> hello. [waiting for translation] [applause] >> hi, i'm leung chow. i'm supposed to do interpretation, but since the mayor talk about embracing 21 technology and with the ai, i'm going to use what she just read with a very common app and i'm going to be translating english and i'm going to push the voice button. if it works, then we embrace technology. let's see how it works. >> good morning, my name is lee. i live on clement street in richmond. shop fest have been happening frequently in my neighborhood which greatly effected our neighbors shopping and personal safety. last month i attended a meeting at the richmond district police station. that meeting, the police explained to residents that the new guidelines set by the police commission stipulate that police officers cannot pursue thieves and robbers. we citizens are shocked by this ridiculous policy. we are extremely disappointed with this police commission decision and we support the mayor's policy of correcting th

mr. lee: mr.president, this is a moment in history when we have the chance to stand up and provide assistance to an ally, an important ally in a tough part of the world that has a lot of enemies in common with the united states. israel was savagely attacked without provocation on the morning of october 7 of this year, just over a month ago. the most unspeakably savage human attacks were carried out on men and women of israel whose offense was simple -- living in israel. the people of hamas wanted them dead because of the fact that they're jewish and they live in israel. their humanity, their religion, their ancestry and their geography all qualified them to be deemed unworthy of living by the savages of hamas. these savages will continue in their butchery, and in so doing degrade humanity for as long as they can get away with it. long-standing relationships between the united states and israel have set success on a course in which we can reasonably be expected to provide reasonable assistance to i

he talked with him on the phone and wrote a college recommendation letter for the children of mr. lee. hunter biden that with jonathan lee after flying on air force to with joe biden. the people cultivated a relationship for one reason only , to access their wealth. as we all know, the bidens had nothing to sell except the brand which was joe biden. hunter biden sold the brand well, making the biden family millions from china and elsewhere. while joe biden was vice president, hunter biden was an investor in a chinese investment fund with jonathan li and on the percentage of it through one of his many llcs, a political problem for his dad who was running for president. in october of 2019, two months after the biting wires, the lawyer hunter biden said he served only as a member of the board of directors as an unpaid position, he was in an unpaid position. they claimed the money was a documented loan from a private individual. these wire statements are concerning and the defenders of the biden family justification is not consistent from what we know from the treasury. mr. dubinsky, i am

look forward to this being closed out and we can ask a quick question for mr. lee. you were saying that you you are in project closeout for about everything else and you have, according to your chart, 1.2% of your bond fees unexpended. do you expect to pay all of those or do you think when all is said and done, you're going to have some of the bond funds left over? we are projecting to have some of the bond funds left over . but currently, you know, we're we're unable to just move ahead and just utilize them and, you know, move them towards projects since we have to close out all the different projects which in many cases a lot of the projects have multiple funding sources, you know, throughout all the different agencies that that had joined the project. so for example, one project might not just have of paving, right? it might have city funds, might have mta funds. and so we have to sort of sort through all of those those funding sources and reconcile the projects and figure out what the true balance is of the bond before we, you know, think about how we can spend

howard, and last but not least from the richmond district, i want to invite up to say a few words, mrs. leepplause] >> hello. [waiting for translation] [applause] >> hi, i'm leung chow. i'm supposed to do interpretation, but since the mayor talk about embracing 21 technology and with the ai, i'm going to use what she just read with a very common app and i'm going to be translating english and i'm going to push the voice button. if it works, then we embrace technology. let's see how it works. >> good morning, my name is lee. i live on clement street in richmond. shop fest have been happening frequently in my neighborhood which greatly effected our neighbors shopping and personal safety. last month i attended a meeting at the richmond district police station. that meeting, the police explained to residents that the new guidelines set by the police commission stipulate that police officers cannot pursue thieves and robbers. we citizens are shocked by this ridiculous policy. we are extremely disappointed with this police commission decision and we support the mayor's policy of correcting this w

to the right of the president, folks on tv, was mr. leeer his meeting with our john micklethwait. this is about china and the u.s. , but in a broad sense the pacific rim as well. our military, our treaty obligations on the approach of washington to a pacific rim of a new century. jonathan: they are all with a big interest in this. there are two countries i can think of that have benefited from this tension. vietnam, and singapore, given what has happened with hong kong. singapore, if you wanted to put in it -- if you wanted to put a headquarters in asia and were thinking about doing it. 15 years ago most people in finance would say hong kong. now they are saying singapore. tom: what is really important. the bramo is picking up mohamed el-erian who wants to jump in. to see mr. lee sitting to the right of the president of the united states? mohamed: we have to understand most countries have a dual option approach. they rely on the u.s. for national security and they rely on china for economic prosperity. the last thing they want is to make a

mccollum: here we go again, attack the salary of a person doing a job, mr. lee. mr. lee has an important job. mr. lee's job is to regulate pesticide. pesticides can being to bic. one of the things that got me involved in politics back when i served on the natural resources and agricultural subcommittee, back in the state of minnesota, was all the reading we were doing about the accumulation of pesticides on food that children were ingesting because all the studies had been done for pesticides on an adult healthy male. and how it could affect their development in. that then the more i learned about pesticides, and they're important, they're important, they're important tool in our agriculture. we feed the world. we feed our folks here. but if a pesticide isn't regulated and i don't have the names right in front of me, madam chair i'll get them submitted forthe record, some of them are water soluble. we learned a lot about how pesticides companies would come in and they would target, you know, local farmers and say here, you know, use that pesticide this is great. but i

jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me first ask to put into the record the information about washington being number one in police per capita. and the amount of money spent on crime. chair biggs: without objection. ms. jackson lee: let me again the stories were horrific. crime victims, there should be zero tolerance. we have to come together to make that happen. i am, to mr. jablonski, to watch your little one. i know what that means to you. thank you for your courage to come here today, sir. let me try to get our hands around what we need to do. let me get right to the heart of things, ms. appiah. what is the district doing to address violent crime? what is the district doing to address carjackings? ms. appiah: we described the ecosystem because it's important. so the district's making investments in all those spaces. first is prevention. i agree with mr. pemberton that enforcement is important. to us i have a public health background. preventing crime is the best way to have less victims. there has been significan

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 -- butler, cardin, cassidy -- worth, gillibrand, graham, hassan, heinrich, manchin, markey, marshall, murray, reed, rounds, sinema, stabenow, tester, whitehouse, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cotton, cramer, crapo, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, paul, ricketts, rubio, vance. vote: the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr.

mr. lee: mr. president, this is a moment in history when we have the chance to stand up and provide assistance to an ally, an important ally in a tough part of the world that has a lot of enemies in common with the united states. israel was savagely attacked without provocation on the morning of october 7 of this year, just over a month ago. the most unspeakably savage human attacks were carried out on men and women of israel whose offense was simple -- living in israel. the people of hamas wanted them dead because of the fact that they're jewish and they live in israel. their humanity, their religion, their ancestry and their geography all qualified them to be deemed unworthy of living by the savages of hamas. these savages will continue in their butchery, and in so doing degrade humanity for as long as they can get away with it. long-standing relationships between the united states and israel have set success on a course in which we can reasonably be expected to provide reasonable assistance to

mr. lee, you can’t burn it, so you can’t do it without a pro , for its unique service, the destroyer of happiness doesn’t ask that much, from 100 to 1200. i would like to hope that the divorce will be followed by a new wedding, in everything should be perfect for her, the bride, the groom, and the cake, what modern wedding cakes are like and whether it’s possible to make a treat with your own hands, we’ll find out from our online selection, yes, that’s a ladder , nothing, so i really need it to be taller and stronger , but don't think, i don't... no, me a wedding was called, a wedding was invited, but they didn’t give out the equipment, not only do you need a stepladder, you also need a construction helmet , you never know your head will spin from the height, or from the beauty, or from so much sweets, my weight is 55 kg, i make cakes weighing up to 55 tons, these are not just confectioners, they are real builders, they need to create a drawing, clear the site, build several floors so that ev

four mr. lee'sefit, m hi a former great tight end or the greatest tight end you have ever played with? mr. bryant: i guess at stanford, yet. on our team, he would have been the greatest on our team. sen. booker: thank you very much. that is on the record, forever, on the american congressional record. [laughter] mr. bryant: i stand corrected. i will never doubt that again. >> i would like to start with you, ms. swearer. tell us about how many people in the united states every year -- how many times each year does an american use a firearm in self-defense? ms. swearer: we don't have an exact number. when you look at the conglomerate of studies, they mostly find that, with a couple limited exceptions, somewhere between 500,000 to several million times a year. i would know the most expensive study on this issue, the 2021 national firearm survey, further validated some of those earlier studies and came to the conclusion of 1.6 million. that was the most extensive survey ever conducted a firearm ownershi

mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. cotton, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr.shall, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. 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. pres

mr. quick lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. quigley: thank you. when i came to this house i was told a cardinal rule is, we are not going to let israel become a partisan issue. the manner in which this supplemental is moving forward does just that. it is dangerous and it's unnecessary. it's also a dangerous game my colleagues across the aisle are playing with our national security. removing ukraine aid from this package sends a message to putin and the rest of the world that our aid is conditional on political climate. it's clear that some of my colleagues have forgotten why ukraine's fight is so important, what it means to democracy across the world. so let's remind them. this past weekend, we traveled to kyiv and met with president zelenskyy. we discussed the critical role the u.s. plays in the war and what else has to be done in the coming winter. my anythings are dwindling and needs are increasing. not only is putin certain to view the current crisis in the middle east as a distraction from ukraine, that can be used to his advantage, antagonis