mr. lujan, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. parties, aye. -- mr. peters, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. butler, aye. -- ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the nomination is confirmed and laid upon the table and the

mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. murphy, no. ms. butler, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 61, the nays are 36. the amendment is agreed to. # the senator from -- the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i rise to speak about the need to -- the presiding officer: will the senate call up his amendment? mr. cruz: mr. president, i call up my amendment numbered 1296 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. cruz, for himself and ms. lummis, proposes amendment numbered 1296 to amendment 1092. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be ten minutes of debate equally divided. the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ri

mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr.anders, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 47. the nays are 51. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. kennedy: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that there be up to six minutes of debate equally divided prior to the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam president. madam president, i call up my amendment 1354 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the clerk will report by number. the clerk: the senator from louisiana mr. kennedy proposes amendment number 1354 to amendment number 1092. mr. kennedy: madam president, before i explain my amendment, i would like to yield 30 seconds to my good friend senator tester mr. tester: madam pres

the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. lankford, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. ferment, aye. mr. -- mr. fetterman, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr

mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: on this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 46. the nomination is confirmed. the presiding officer: 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 legislative session. the senator from ohio. mr. vance: thank you, mr. president. i call up my amendment and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report number. the clerk: mr. vance proposes amendment numbered 1210 to amendment number 1092. the presiding officer: there are two minutes equally divided on this amendment. mr. vance: thank you, mr. president. look, we are unfortunately in a world where covid will be with us for the rest of our lives. that is not a good thing. it is not a th

mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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. 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. vote: vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, bennet, cantwell. carper, cornyn, fetterman, graham, king, menendez, merkley, padilla, peters, reed, rounds, welch, wyden. mr. budd, aye. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, britt, daines, johnson, marshall, ricketts, schmitt, scott of florida. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. risch, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk

mr. lujan, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. barrasso, no. ms.mis, no. mr. markey, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cotton, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. wyden, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. paul, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of fl

mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. warnock, aye. miss duckworth, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: miss rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. is the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. being. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the president pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 88, the nays are 9. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the passage of this bill, the bill is passed. mr. schumer: madam president. it's been a day full of twists and turns, but the american people can breathe a sigh of relief. there will be no government shutdown. democrats have said from the start that the only solution for a

the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 47. the nays are 50. the joint resolution fails. i steered the obvious will know that the world is in turmoil that a strong america is good for the entire world. [applause] >> we are the beacon of freedom and we must preserve this grand experiment and self-governance. it still is. we are only 247 years into this grand experiment and we don't know how long it will last. but we do know the founders told us to take good care of it. i want to tell all my colleagues here what i told the republicans in that room last night. i don't believe there are any coincidences in a manner like this. i believe that scripture the bible is very clear, that god is a what the raises up those in authority. he's raised at each of you, all of us. and i believe god is ordained and about each one of us to be brought here for the specific moment in this time. this is my belief. i believe each one of us has a huge responsibility today, to use the gifts that god has

mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- kaine, lujan and sinema. sinema is voting -- senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, cramer, grassley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, moran, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubio, sullivan, tuberville, and fischer. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. tbhent -- mr. bennet, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. king, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. collins, aye. mr. hagerty, no. ms. capito, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. barasso, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. daines, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. carper, ay

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 -- baldwin, duckworth, graham, heinrich, murkowski, peters. senators voting in the negative -- britt, budd, cornyn, cramer, hoeven, kennedy, lummis, marshall, paul, remove any rounds scott of florida, sullivan, tillis and tuberville. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs.

the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. roll call vote. the

mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. the clerk: mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, brown, cardin, carper, casey, collins, crapo, duckworth, graham, grassley, hassan, king, kane, markey, menendez, peters, reed, ricketts, romney, sinema, smith, tester, warner, welch. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, cassidy, cotton, hyde-smith, johnson, lankford, marshall, vance. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr

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 presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, braun, britt, brown, budd, capito, carper, casey, cassidy, cornyn, cortez-masto, cotton, crapo, daines, duckworth, fetterman, fischer, gillibrand, grassley, hagerty, hassan, hawley, heinrich, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kaine, kennedy, king, klobuchar, lankford, lee, lummis, manchin, marshall, mcconnell, menendez, murkowski, murray, paul, peters, ricket

mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr.kley. 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, brown, butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, duckworth, gillibrand, hirono, lujan, manchin, menendez, murkowski, ossoff, tester, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- budd, cassidy, cotton, cramer, ernst, hyde-smith, johnson, lummis, paul, schmitt. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. # vote: vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr.

senator lieu happen: i appreciate -- mr. lujan: if we--senator lujan: it concerns me we will not fix the problem. i'll follow up with you in writing to make sure we continue to work closely in this space and fully express why it's important. mr. whitaker, the albuquerque air traffic control center staffing numbers have consistently been below targets for years. what can we do to address staffing challenges, especially at centers struggling the most? mr. whitaker: i think that is a common issue. an out gentlewoman of the shortage we have. it's to focus on expanding that pipeline and getting as many potential controllers into the system and training them as we can. senator lujan: diversity matters to me. as we work for a strong workforce. that's a space i look forward to working with you on and working with colleagues to raise issues across the country. but to ensure we have the strongest teams available, possible, training, ready to go. and especially with retirement eligibility that we pay close attention to many of these factors

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 -- boozman, capito, cassidy, ernst, kennedy, rounds, sinema, and sullivan. senators vetting -- voting in the negative -- baldwin, blumenthal, casey, coons, duckworth, gillibrand, hassan, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, ossoff, schumer, stabenow, warner, and whitehouse. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. warren, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. booker, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr.

mr. panchanathan: yes, and we do it in large measure with m.o.u. and i have many examples that, too. sen. lujan: can you share some of the examples you shared and others that show that connection and partnership with the department of energy? mr. panchanathan: i would be happy to do that, yes. sen. lujan: secretary raimondo, thanks for your leadership and leading the department of commerce, especially in this space where so many challenges we face as a country will fall under your leadership will fall under the department of commerce and your team. we just heard from the director how n.s.f. is partnering with the department of energy and can you share with the department how the department of commerce is engaging and the department of energy and the national lab in implementing chips and science? sec. raimondo: we have cooperation with the international technology center which will stand up this fall and they along with n.s.f. will be one of the founding entities and they will have a real role to play in establishing the center, defining the priorities, and we plan to rely on their expertise ve

mr. panchanathan: yes, and we do it in large measure with m.o.u. and i have many examples that, too. sen. lujancan you share some of the examples you shared and others that show that connection and partnership with the department of energy? mr. panchanathan: i would be happy to do that, yes. sen. lujan: secretary raimondo, thanks for your leadership and leading the department of commerce, especially in this space where so many challenges we face as a country will fall under your leadership will fall under the department of commerce and your team. we just heard from the director how n.s.f. is partnering with the department of energy and can you share with the department how the department of commerce is engaging and the department of energy and the national lab in implementing chips and science? sec. raimondo: we have cooperation with the international technology center which will stand up this fall and they along with n.s.f. will be one of the founding entities and they will have a real role to play in establishing the center, defining the priorities, and we plan to rely on their expertise very

lujan. >> thank you chair cantwell and mr. whitaker, thank you for being here today and for accepting the responsibility as the representative laid out with coming forward to serve. senator welch also said something along those lines. so thank you for accepting that responsibility. >> thank you. >> now, , as you know i am from new mexico and new mexico is known for many, many beautiful landscapes and mountains, i weather, our sun rises got our incredible airspace which we protect. but in the next few weeks are going to be celebrating the international balloon fiesta which is a largest hot air balloon gathering in the world. and there comes responsibility the faa pursuant to the international balloon fiesta. i've been proud to work with many of the blueness community in this particular space. mr. whitaker, to ensure that the faa would not bar hot air balloon operation flight in the city,, airspace. as the technology emerge i know these issues will continue to come up as faa works to continue keep our airspace safety of my quest

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