mr. lujan. mr. hickenlooper. mr. warnock. mr. wicker. mr. thune. mr. blunt. mr. cruz.s fischer. mr. moran. mr. sullivan. mrs. blackburn. mr. young. mr. lee. mr. johnson. mrs. capito. mr. scott. ms. cantwell. >> the committee will report the tight vote to the senate floor. it also recognized senator klobuchar for further motion for. >> i moved p and 1536 the nomination of gigi stone of the district of columbia commissioner of the federal communications commission he favorably reported for. >> is our second? thank you. i think there is a request for roll call vote. the clerk will call the roll. >> miss klobuchar. mr. blumenthal. mr. schatz. mr. markey. mr. peters. miss baldwin. mrs. duckworth. must sinema. mr. lujan. mr. hickenlooper. mr. warnock. mr. wicker. mr. thune. mr. blunt. mr. cruz. missus fischer. this moran. mr. sullivan. mrs. blackburn. mr. young. mr. lee. mr. johnson. mrs. capito. mr. scott. ms. cantwell. the nominee will be reported from the committee to the floor. i recognize sutter klobuchar for further motion. next i moved p in 1542 the nomination of mary

mr. lujan: it's going to have e.v. -- mr. lieu: it's going to have e.v. charging stations across america and it's going to make sure that we can have broadband everywhere. what are republicans doing? i'm not really sure. but i know that two of them recently attended a white nationalist conference. and last week 174 of them voted no on providing benefits to veterans who inhaled toxic fumes. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in awe of the courageous ukrainian people defending their sovereign land and in fierce condemnation of the sickening violence the kremlin is inflicting upon them. ms. stevens: our children are watching an attack on democracy and a grave violation of international law and global police unfold and we must continue to show them it will

mr. chairman. >> thank you, very much senator van hollen. senator lujan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to our ranking members, thank you for holding this important hearing today. now, ms. young. thank you for being here. it's been an honor to work with you and learn from you throughout the years and mr. chairman i had the great honor of learning from shalanda. director young, congratulations on this very important appointment. now, while there's many positive aspects to the budget, i'm going to zero in on some areas that i think the congress must improve upon as we get into appropriation season and we're working on the next and that we pass this in regular order, if you will. director young, last year president biden released an infrastructure plan and that infrastructure plan pointed out that he was requesting $18 billion to upgrade and replace aging veteran affairs facilities. i know you're not the va secretary, but it's important to me to raise these issues because a recent announcement that because of the passage of the mission act, which is being pointed to for the reason for this

lujan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this important hearing today. ms. young, thank you for being here, it's an honor to work with you and learn from you throughout the years and mr. chairman, i have a great honor of learning not just during my time now inn the senate but my time in the house director young, congrats on this very important employment. while there are positive aspects to the budget, i will zero in on areas the congress must approve upon as we get into appropriations and working on the next what i hope is not an omnibus but we passed this in regular order. master president biden released an infrastructure plan and the plan pointed outss that he was requesting 18 billion to upgrade and replace veterans affairs facilities. i know you are not the va secretary what is important to raise these issues because there's a recent announcement passage of a mission fact being pointed to for the reason of this new document that came to congress, 170ge foreclosures across america in every state in new mexico and hispanic and native american communities

mr. president, let me start off with my great news. when we vote later today, all of us will be able to say these four wonderful words -- senator lujan,come back. he's not on the floor right now, but ben ray, it was great to see you back here in the capitol last week. it is great to see you today. we've missed you. we're thrilled to have you back on the job. we admire your strength and your courage and your fortitude, your quiet strength. now, over the weekend, members from both house and senate met virtually with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, and we reemif aifiesed reemphasized congress' strong commitment to providing robust and ample assistance to his country in this time of war. i told the ukrainian president he was an inspiration to americans, and i assured him that his pleas for help will not go unanswered. in particular, preyed zelensky made a des -- president zelensky made a desperate plea for getting planes. i called on the administration to explore all feasible options to getting these fighter aircraft to ukraine. these planes are very much needed. ukrainian forces are familiar with them, and they will very much hel

. >> mr. lujan, aye. mr. reed, aye. >> ms. stabenow, aye. >> ms. cantwell, aye. mr. lanford, no. >> mr. young no. >> mr. warnock, aye. >> mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. >> 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 p