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 close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barra

mr. menendez, no. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. >> vote: vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, on this vote the yeas are 52. the nays are 45. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent that the following interns in my office be granted floor privileges until december 15, 2023. shymis craigen kirk and adam wise. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent to call up senator lee's amendment 1121 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: without objection, the amendment will be reported by number. the clerk: the senator from kentucky for mr. lee proposes an amendment numbered 1121 to amendment numbered 1092. mr. paul: madam president. the presiding of

mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye.. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeah, are 95. the nays are one. and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion on to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clirk will report theot

mr. menendez, aye. mr. schmitt, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. budd , no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. ms. ernst, no. ms. lummis, no o -- no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. rounds, no o -- no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hassan. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. daines, no. mr. warner, aye. ms. murkow

mr. menendez, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. marshall, no.vote: vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. cramer, no. 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. h

mr. menendez, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the ayes are 51. the nays are 47. 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 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 calendars number 3310, brandy r. m{l1}c{l0}million of -- brandy r. mcmillion. 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 brandy r r. mcmillion of michigan to be united states district judge for t

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 yeas are 49 the nays are 46. nomination is confirmed. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table and the president will be notified of the senate's actions. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: order in the chamber. mr. schumer: thank you. in a few minutes we're going to proceed on the nomination of an outstanding public servant, margaret garn net who i was proud to recommend to president biden. she is a proud resident of brooklyn, a brilliant legal thinker and someone whose life story has been defined by public service. she's had more than a decade of experience prosecuting cases ranging from murder to robbery to financial fraud and more as part

mr. menendez, we are ready for more intensive, the most intense cooperation with venezuela, you know our capabilities, you need them, and technology and more, we must start, i think that in during your current visit, we... will decide where to start restoring our cooperation; i think we need to use all the programs that we once defined. the partners also intend to revive joint ventures; among the most important projects is the assembly of tractors and trucks. these are the largest factories in the country. their capacity allows them to produce about 10,000 tractors and 5,000 cars per year. snow. he came to the attention of belarus, the country has been declared a storm warning: it is snowing in most of the territory, snow is expected, wind gusts can reach 20 m per second, due to bad weather, drivers should, if possible , avoid traveling by personal transport, now there are nine-point traffic jams in the capital. the roads will remain icy, the air temperature at night will fluctuate from -3° in the south up to -15 below zero in the north of the republic and during the day -2-7° is expecte

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, ricketts, risch, rosen, rounds, rubio, schmitt, schumer, shaheen, smith, tester, thune

mr. menendez, is ready for more intensive, most intensive cooperation with venezuela. our capabilities, you know, you need them, and technologies and other things, we need to start. i think that during your current visit, we will decide where to start restoring our cooperation. i think we need to use all those programs that we once had... our president emphasized that today venezuela is respected throughout the world. the country defended its sovereignty and independence, became only stronger under pressure and sanctions, and belarus supports this courage and durability. the vice president of venezuela, in turn, assured alexander lukashenko of a special, warm attitude towards the belarusian people, which remains unchanged at all times. we love and admire belarus very much. at one time, ugachavis taught us. this is not only about the historical heroic past of your country, but about your vision of the future. both belarus and venezuela are the architects of a new world, where there is no place for sanctions or aggression. i would like to convey our president’s wish to h

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. firmsenators voting in the affirmative, collins, lujan, peters, sinema and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, britt, budd, cotton, crapo, fischer, grassley, lankford, marshall, moran, romney, sullivan, tuberville, wicker. ms. lummis, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warner, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. cassidy, no. ms. murkowski, aye. m

mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the presiding officer: the ayes are 52, the nays are 46. 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 38, ramon ernesto reyes, jr. of new york to be united states district judge for the eastern district of new york, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the sen

mr. menendez, no. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no.he clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. : vote: the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 46, the nays are 51. under the previous ord requiring -- order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: may we have order, please? the presiding officer: order, please. mrs. murray: starting at 2:30, the following amendments are expected to be called, cruz 1249, lee 1121, upon disposition of the amendments, the senate will vote on the adoption of the substitute amendment on 1922. further, that upon disposition of h.r. 4366, the senate will vote on passage of h.r. 662, as amended, and that all previous provisions of the order from october 24 remain in effect. for the information of all senators, there will be four roll call votes beginning at 2:30 p.m. today. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i call up my amend

mr. menendez, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye.he 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 clerk will report. the clerk: the judiciary. irma carrillo ramirez of texas to be united states circuit judge for the fifth circuit. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, we're nearl

mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff.rk: 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, gillibrand, heinrich, hickenlooper, ossoff, reed, schatz, shaheen, tester welch. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, capito, cotton, johnson, kennedy, mullin, ricketts, schmitt, scott of florida, thune, tuberville, wicker. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cantwell, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. young, no. mr. rubio, no. mr.

mr. menendez, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no.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. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: the yeas are 62, the nays are 36, 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 move to bring to a close

mr. menendez, aye. mr. reed, aye.enators voting in the negative, boozman, braun, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, ricketts, risch, romney, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, till, tuberville, wicker and young. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. hagerty, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, 9 nays are 42, the motion is disagreed to. -- is agreed to. clot

mr. menendez, is that we are ready for a more intense,... intensive cooperation with venezuela, you know our capabilities, you need them, and technology and more, we need to start , i think that during your current visit, we will decide where to start restoring our cooperation, i think we need to use all those programs , which were once defined by us, are all on topic: maduro, the president of venezuela was present and took an active part in the formation of those programs that have been preserved today, i want to emphasize once again that everything that we proposed then is what we outlined , it in demand in venezuela. over the past years , significant changes have occurred in the world. one of the main, very bright events is your sovereignty and independence, you are just great. you defended the country, and the current generation, venezuelans, will always be grateful, you defended the country, you resisted, one might say, everyone, you resisted everyone and survived. venezuela today has the greatest respect throughout the world. you can’t even imagine how much the current generation o

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 -- blumenthal, booker, brown, cantwell, cardin, durbin, graham, hassan, heinrich, hirono, kaine, lujan, manchin, menendez, murphy, murray, ossoff, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, stabenow, warner, warnock, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, braun, britt, budd, capito, crapo, daines, fischer, hagerty, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lee, marshall, mcconnell, moran, mullin, paul, romney, rounds, schmitt, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, vance, wicker,

mr. menendez, is that we are ready for more intensive, the most intensive cooperation with venezuela, youstart, i think that in the course of your current visit, we will decide on why should we start restoring our cooperation? i think we need to use all those programs that we once defined, everything is on topic, nicolas maduro, the president of venezuela was present and actively took part in the formation of those programs that have been preserved today, i want to say it again. .. everything that we offered then, what we outlined, it is in demand in venezuela, over the past years there have been significant changes in the world, one of the main very striking events is your sovereignty and independence, you are just great, you defended the country, and the current generation, venezuelans will always thank you, you defended the country , venezuela today has the greatest respect throughout the world, you can’t even imagine how much the current generation of politicians in venezuela, throughout the world respect you, we are one of those countries that greatly respect your courage and your pe

mr. menendez, we are ready for more intense, the most intensive cooperation with venezuela, our capabilitiesnd technology and other things, we need to start, i think that during your current visit, we will decide where to start restoring our cooperation, i think we need to use all those programs that were once identified by us, the vice president of venezuela, in turn, assured alexander lukashenko of a special warm attitude towards the belarusian people and conveyed the wish of the head of the bolivarian republic to hold a personal meeting and discuss bilateral cooperation in detail. joint projects between belarus and venezuela were discussed at a plenary meeting of the commission on trade and economic cooperation. belarus is interested in resuming the work of assembly plants in venezuela. we are talking about tractors and trucks . the main thing is that the project is economically feasible and beneficial for both parties. belarusian specialists are also ready to build housing to supply food products, and we also propose to organize direct flights: the guests traveled from caracas to minsk i

mr. menendez: mr. chairman, if i may, i'm going to submit a question for the record since my time has expired. but i'd like a responsive question to it. this is the 109 anniversary of the plaza factory collapse in bangladesh that took the lives of over 1,000 workers. in this a.i. industry workers are being exploited, paid as little as $1 an hour, going through the repetitive process of trying to determine what's a smile, what's a frown, in order to inform the algorithms. and i would like to see us lead in this regard to make sure that we don't have worker exploitation globally in the development of a.i. i'd like to see what the department is doing with that. thank you, mr. chairman. sen. cardin: i would be interested in that also, we need to lead by our values. senator ricketts? sen. ricketts: i want to start with what senator menendez was talking about with regard to e.u. specifically. we talked about the different sorts of regimes, regulatory regimes that different countries around the world are tryi

mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr.carper, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. moran, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no o. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. . the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 32, and the motion is agreed to. mr. merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, the great american laboringer, dolores -- laboringer, dolores orgta,

mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. moran, no. ms. collins, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. risch, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. young, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk:

mr. menendez, ready for more intensive, the most intensive cooperation with venezuela, our capabilities ,ou need them, and technology and other things: we need to start, i think that during your current visit, we will decide where to start restoring our cooperation, i think we need to use all those programs that we once defined, everything is on topic, nicolas maduro, the president of venezuela was present and actively participated in the formation of those programs that have been preserved today, once again... emphasize everything, what we proposed then, what we outlined, it is in demand in venezuela, over the past years there have been significant changes in the world, one of the main very bright events is your sovereignty and independence, you are just great, you defended country, and the current generation of venezuelans will always thank you, you defended the country, stood, one might say, for everyone, resisted everyone and survived. venezuela today has the greatest respect throughout the world, you cannot even imagine how much the current generation of politicians in venezuela resp

mr. menendez, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. cruz, aye. mr. booker, aye. vote: the presiding officer: mr. bennet the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 11. the 60-vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. under the previous order, the clerk lays before the senate the following message from the house of representatives. the clerk: resolved that the house disagreed to the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2670 entitled an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes and ask a conference with the senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. mr. reed:mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: i ask that we authorize con forees. i know of no further debate and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there further debate? the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there

mr. menendez: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to my friend and colleague from arizona for yielding and his leadership on this issue. i rise today because while house republicans vilify families that are coming to the united states for refuge, house democrats and the biden administration are working to address immigration challenges with real solutions. as many cities are welcoming asylum seekers and migrant families, house democrats are fighting to provide resources to local governments that are processing migrant arrivals. house democrats are fighting to relieve the immigration court backlog and provide stability for those stuck in the system. house democrats are fighting to allow people to work and support their families and house democrats are fighting to improve processing at the border. to be clear, this bill does not provide any solutions for our communities. this bill does not address the core issues driving migration. it does not provide resources to local governments that are handling migrant arrivals. it does

mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. ms. stabenow, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. ms. duckworth, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. budd, aye. clerk: mr. hoeve. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. brown, no. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the cle

mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: 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. cloich senators voting in the affirmative -- blumenthal, butler, cardin, duckworth, hirono, manchin, menendez, murphy, peters, reed, tester. senators voting in the negative -- hawley, kennedy, lankford, tuberville, wicker. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mrs. fischer, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. thune, no. mrs. capito, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the

mr. menendez, the gentleman from new jersey, for five minutes. >> earlier in your testimony, did you say the defining the fbi would be quote a gift to the chinese communist party, more power to the cartels, and more damage to critical infrastructure? >> i believe i said words to that effect. >> i appreciate that, not everybody was in the room during that part of your testimony. i want to follow-up all of my colleague, mr. higgins, said about our depression as one of the primary threats to the homeland. i agree that arm depression is a massive threat to our homeland, but we need to be clear about what actually constitutes armed oppression. in this country, minority groups are routinely targeted to weapon nice oppression. armed oppression is when black men cannot go safely for a run in georgia. armed oppression is when black youth cannot wear hoodies and four. armed oppression is being lgbtq in this country and not being able to safely go to a nightclub in florida. armed oppression is living in a hispanic community and being targeted while going to walmart in el paso. armed oppression is b

mr. menendez, the gentleman from new jersey for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chair. mr. wray he said funding would be a gift to the chinese comments party and more part of theiz "cartels and more damage o critical infrastructure >> i believe i said worse to that effect, yes. >> i want to follow-up on what my colleague mr. higgins said about arm depression is one of the primary threats to the homeland. i agree that armed suppression is a massive threat and we need to be clear about what constitutes arms oppression for minor to groups are targets of weaponizedha depression. arm depression is when men cannot go for run safely. armed oppression is a youth not wearing hoodies andd ford armeda processing lgbtq and not be nailed to speak in nightclubs i florida. a person is living in the community and being targeted what going to walmart in a el paso. not be able to go grocery shopping at buffalo without being targeted because of the of a arm depression is not being able to go safely to church synagogue mosque temple or anyplace of worship to practice your faith. domestic have

mr. menendez, the gentleman from new jersey, for five minutes. >> earlier in your testimony, did you say the defining the fbi would be quote a gift to the chinese communist party, more power to the cartels, and more damage to critical infrastructure? >> i believe i said words to that effect. >> i appreciate that, not everybody was in the room during that part of your testimony. i want to follow-up all of my colleague, mr. higgins, said about our depression as one of the primary threats to the homeland. i agree that arm depression is a massive threat to our homeland, but we need to be clear about what actually constitutes armed oppression. in this country, minority groups are routinely targeted to weapon nice oppression. armed oppression is when black men cannot go safely for a run in georgia. armed oppression is when black youth cannot wear hoodies and four. armed oppression is being lgbtq in this country and not being able to safely go to a nightclub in florida. armed oppression is living in a hispanic community and being targeted while going to walmart in el paso. armed oppression is b

mr. menendez: thank you, mr. chairman.ou to my friend and colleague from arizona for yielding and his leadership on this issue. i rise today because while house republicans vilify families that are coming to the united states for refuge, house democrats and the biden administration are working to address immigration challenges with real solutions. as many cities are welcoming asylum seekers and migrant families, house democrats are fighting to provide resources to local governments that are processing migrant arrivals. house democrats are fighting to relieve the immigration court backlog and provide stability for those stuck in the system. house democrats are fighting to allow people to work and support their families and house democrats are fighting to improve processing at the border. to be clear, this bill does not provide any solutions for our communities. this bill does not address the core issues driving migration. it does not provide resources to local governments that are handling migrant arrivals. it does nothing.

mr. chairman. >> senator menendez. >> thank you.secretary o'brien maybe you could work with me going through a series of questions here some rather brief answers. isn't it true that our support of ukraine avoids the need to risk american lives in a larger potential european war by denying russia to send forces into nato allies? >> yes. >> isn't it true the impact of ukrainian defeat would be far tmore expensive then remaining committed to ukraine? >> yes for. >> is it true what we are doing is creating american jobs by sending funds audit modernization of our m military, replacing comparatively older weapons that we provide to ukraine that are not essential to u.s. readiness. >> yes secretary austin was very clear about this in his testimony last week. >> although this is not our purpose but isn't it true ukraine's operation on the battlefield has exposed russian weaknesses in operational capacity and readiness which benefits the united states as we tlearn about any potential conflict against russia? >> yes. >> isn't it alsoo true t

menendez. >> thank you, mr.rman. >> chinese president xi jinping set to beat during the apex summit to discuss a number of issues including the role of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons. 20 think about this topic i worry some country is the decision whether or not to launch a nuclear weapon to artificial intelligence. thinking it may be the most astute way to make a calculus. but for me that would be alarming for their vent press reports the united states the prc to limit the use and nuclear system. ambassador can you share with us why an agreement on these issues the country like china is significant? it's a model of the administration plans to expand to other willing countries? it's a model the administration plans to expand to other willing countries? i am serving at the state department and part because of my formative experience in the marines in my 20s. which left me with a conviction diplomacy is and must always be the nation's tool of first resort. i'd so i welcome i welcome communication betwe

mr. santos did with botox or onlyfans is far less concerning to me than the indictment against senator menendez who's holding gold bars inscribed with arabic on them from egypt while he's still getting classified briefings today. but he's not getting thrown out of the senate. he's getting classified briefings indictment for bribery. because santos was buying botox and onlyfans we've got to throw him out? if george santos is convicted, he ought to be expelled. but until then, it is an incredibly dangerous thing for people in washington, d.c. to substitute their judgment for the judgment of voters. winston churchill said that in a democracy people get the government that they deserve. well, people of mr. santos' district elected him. this is not some district in rural mississippi with like one newspaper. this is new york city, and george santos rolls in there, wins, and you know what, it's between him and his voters, him and the justice system. and the fact that the ethics committee has done this incredible violation of precedent will do grave damage to this unsitution for many years to come beca

. >> hundred menendez is recognized pretty quick thank you, mr. chairman.re the nine states is facing a housing crisis and affordable housing advocates i have heard from our concern the new capitol requirements proposed by your agencies will make the problem worse. and an analysis and the urban institute indicates banks affected by your proposal account for more than half about mortgage originations. the urban institute analysis further indicates the proposal will disproportionally increase costs foros black, hispanic low and moderate income borrowers. one effect seems to be in direct conflict with the goal i and many members of this committee share to close the racial homeownership gap to make housing more affordable for first-time homebuyers particularly buyers of color. by's chair barr, chairman, controller, issue work to finalize this rule what you say to black and hispanic communities are concerned your proposal can make the dream of homeownership even more difficult to achieve? oksana first let me say we take these concerns very seriously. w

mr. santos did with botox or only fans is far less concerning to me than the indictment against senator menendez who's holding gold bars inscribes with arabic on them from egypt while he is still getting classified briefings today. he's not getting thrown out of the senate. he's getting classified briefings, under indictment for bribery. because santos was buying botox and only fans, we got to throw him out. if george santos is convicted, he ought to be expelled. but until then it is a dangerous thing for people in washington, d.c. so substitute their judgment for the judgment of voters. winston churchill said that, you know, in a democracy, people get the government they deserve. mr. santos' district elected him. this is not a district in rural mississippi with one newspaper. this is new york city, and george santos rolled in there, wins, and you know what, it's between him and his voters, him and the justice system and the fact that the ethics committee has done this violation of precedent will do grave damage to this institution for many years to come because now there's no requirement of any

mr. santos is not alone in his departure. no one else has lied about volleyball careers or broadway credentials or chinese kidnapping plots. no one else other than senator bob menendezno one else is getting expelled. but a whole lot of congress people are leaving. a surge of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are leaving washington, precisely at the same time as republican dysfunction becomes a way of life on capitol hill. connection? maybe. one of them is congresswoman anna eshoo, democrat of california, leaving after more than 30 years in the house. joining me now is the congresswoman herself, anna eshoo of california. congresswoman, thank you for being here. first, let me ask you, why leave now? >> well, i think it's time. and contrary to the mess in washington and people fleeing, i'm really not running away from the congress. i think it's time. at the end of this term, i will have represented my constituents for 32 years in the house of representatives. i have experienced a great deal. it is really the highest honor and privilege of my life. my constituents have been, i mean for them to place their trust in me over three decades, i'm enormously grateful. but i

mr. chairman, great to see you agn. i am going to follow up on the conversation you were having with nator menendez on artificial intelligence. let me ask you this, beyond the disclosing conflicts of interest, whh you talked about the new rule that you are looking at, should trading houses and money managers be required to disclose their use of ai in other areas? >> is a very good question, it is an emerng technology, and while we don't generally say that the broker or investment adviser needs to disclose whether they are using an xl spreadsheet or whether they're using chine learning, i think there is new challenges with artificial intelligence, the lack of explain ability, the chance for bias and biases in how it is used for conflicts, as were talking about. and it might be something congress would want to take up with ch disclosures, but it tends to be that at the s.e.c., we are technology neutral. >> can i k you to touch on this, is there currently the ability to audit an investedai algorithm for bias use to ensure that customers are receiving advice in their best interest? >> it is a ve good question the computer scient

mr. santos did with botox or only fans is far less concerning to me than the indictment against senator menendez who is holding gold bars inscribed with arabic from them from egypt while he's still getting classified briefings today but he's not getting thrown out of the senate. he's getting classified briefings under indictment for bribery, because santos was buying botox and only fans we've got to throw him out? if george santos is convicted, he ought to be expelled but until then, it's an incredibly dangerous thing for people in washington, d.c. to substitute their judgment for the judgment of voters. winston churchill said in a democracy people get the government that they deserve. well, the people of mr. santos' district elected him. this is not some district in rural mississippi with, like, one newspaper. this is new york city. and george santos rolls in there, wins, and you know what, it's between him and his voters, him and the justice system and the fact the ethics committee has done this incredible violation of precedent will do grave damage to this institution for many years to come b

mr. menendez, we are ready for more intensive, the most intensive cooperation with our capabilities, you, and technologies, and more, we must begin, i think that during your current visit, we will decide where to start restoring our cooperation, i think we need to use all those programs that we once defined; the partners intend to, among other things, revive joint ventures: among the most important projects - assembly of tractors and trucks in venezuela. these are the largest factories in the country, their capacity allows them to produce about 10,000 tractors and 5,000 cars per year. we are expanding cooperation with russian regions. belarus signed a cooperation agreement. the day before, a meeting was held in moscow between the head of the republic and the country’s minister of housing and communal services. the main topic of the negotiations is the supply of belarusian equipment of various types, from trolleybuses to mas garbage trucks, which. assemble turnkey, as well as various excavators and loaders type. in addition, mariel is interested in supplying belarusian elevator equipment