mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. vote vote: the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the ayes are 52. the nays are 14. so the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the leadership -- 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 richard nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of state, elizabeth h. richard of virginia to be coordinator for counterterrorism. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears t

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 -- baldwin, booker, butler, cantwell, casey, cassidy, collins, coons, duckworth, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, lujan, menendez, peters, smith, sullivan, tester, warner, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. cardin, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, cotton, fisher, graham, hoeven, lankford, lee, paul, romney, rubio, and schmitt. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. carp

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 -- bennet, blackburn, boozman, budd, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, casey, cassidy, collins, coons, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, duckworth, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono hoeven hyde-smith johnson, kaine, kelly, king, mcconnell, menendez, mullin, ossoff, ricketts, rounds, schumer, schatz, scott of florida, stabenow, sullivan, tester, thune, tillis, tuberville, van hollen, warnock, whitehouse, wicker, and young. mr. brown, aye. mr. wyden. mr. moran, aye. senators vot

mr. merkley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. >> senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 2839, which was received from the house and is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 2839, an act to amend the silence reservation act to address the hunting, fishing and animal rights of the indians and for our purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection you the senate will proceed. mr. merkley: i further ask the bill be read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley:

mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. kaine, no. r the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. schmitt, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. padilla, no. mr. coons, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 13, the nays are 84. the motion is not adopted. the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i rise to express my support for the fiscal year 2024 national

mr. merkley, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye u. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye u. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the ayes are 64, the nays are 22. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion is reconsidered, considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: mr. president, today i rise to ask unanimous consent that

mr. merkley: thank you. mr. resident, it was bullets, not ballots, bul bullets were the way policies were set when i visited guatemala in 1980. a soldier with a gun on every corner of guatemala city. the army going village to village killing indigenous young men. rebels attacking government officials. and right wing death skwaufds assassinating professors -- squads assassinating professors and students. i had the unfortunate experience coming around a street corner after a death squad assassinated a professor at san carlos university and left his body lying in the street. four decades ago, that's a long time ago, and fortunately guatemala has come a long way since i visited as a young man. now the battles over the country's future are being fought not with bullets but with ballots. but maintaining the integrity of balloting, the peaceful transfer of power which are the hallmarks, the foundations of representative democracy is not inevitable. and in guatemala, the system is being stressed. in guatemala the system

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. 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 negative -- baldwin, brown, heinrich, klobuchar, murray, reed, rosen, schumer, van hollen, warnock -- senators voting in the negative -- nraing, hawley -- hagerty, hawley, vance, risch, young. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. britt, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. padilla, aisle. -- mr. padilla, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr.

mr. merkley, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. reid, aye. mr. kelly, aye. ms. ernst, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. brown, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. capito, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. rounds, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. gra

mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. hoeven, no. mr. cramer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: s >> the presiding officer: the yeas are 80, the nays are 12. the nomination is confirmed. is under the previous order, the motion to recar is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately be notified of the senate's action. 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 those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 317. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. all

mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr.ne, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. mullin, no.test. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye

mr. merkley: madam president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: thank you. madam president, i come to the floor again to discuss two u.s. attorney nominations which have been on the calendar for weeks. rebecca c. lutzko, nominated to be u.s. attorney for the northern district of of ohio. and april perry, nominated to serve as u.s. attorney for the northern district of illinois. on several previous occasions i've had to come to the floor to request unanimous consent for the senate to take up these noncontroversial, bipartisan nominations and confirm these law enforcement nominees. each time i've come to the floor asking for this, the junior senator from ohio has objected. he says that he ran for office to fight the criminals and not the cops. it turns out to be a hollow promise when he's holding

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. vote: vote: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cantwell, casey, coons, durbin, fetterman, hassan, king, lujan, merkley, ossoff, padilla, schatz, shaheen, stabenow, tester, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse. mrs. murray, aye. senators voting in the negative -- grassley, kennedy, lummis, mawch -- manchin, marshall, ricketts, risch, wicker, young. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr

mr. merkley has a long history of study and plastics. while we may not agree on the solution we are in search of a solution to a problem. i appreciate having his hearing. i can start by thanking our witnesses for attending this hearing we appreciate you for taking the time to be with us. it is a challenge. sometimes thankless. you are not getting paid so we appreciate your time, time is a valuable in you do not receive that back until i do appreciate when you guys are being your as everyone knows plastics exists in almost every aspect of her day-to-day life consumer goods automobile barks to building materials will improperly manage single-use plastics can contribute to our plastic waste issues certain types of single use plastics is essentially invaluable uses for us which needs to be considered discussed alternatives. notably a few examples of these single uses include blood bags, syringes help modern healthcare remain affordable and insulate food packages to maintain hygienic standards while reducing food waste. these uses play a vita

mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 63. the nays are 32. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii ms. hirono:}madam president, we now have one week left until the senate is scheduled to recess for the end of the year. while this year is quickly coming to an end, our work in this body is far from over, especially as it relates to our national security. yesterday, madam president, the armed services committee on which i sit released a text of f.y.2024 national

mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: wmr. rounds, aye. -- mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the eyes are 50, the nays are 11, 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. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, christopher charles fonzone of pennsylvania to be assistant attorney general. united states and israel have never been more determined in their life and our shared values. in

mr. merkley, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. carper, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. cotton, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. graham, no. mr. barrasso, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. braun, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. lankford, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. cruz,

merkley. >> thanking grandma chester chairman and mr.brahma lets thank you for your work at freedom house. if we were ballpark estimating between the year 2023 the increase in transnational repression actions within the united states how would you characterize that? >> it's hard for me, what i can tell you is we have documented this since 2014. we have documented 850 different cases. it will be out in january with an update and i expect there to be many many more cases. this is a very old tactic. the murder of trotsky in mexico. but i would say the conditions and the belligerence of the authoritarian countries is definitely increasing. anecdotally the impression is a massive increase and one of the top factors, the top actor according to freedom house as china and our congressional executive commission on china which i cochaired with him a lot of examination to this andha we realized very few incidents get reported. those that do get reported can range from someoneha walking upo a chinese-american or chinese national and america and say

merkley. >> thank you very much mr. chairman, thank you for your service and testimony.you, and does the administration support the ability of palestinians from gaza to be able to return to their homes in gaza when gaza starts to rebuild? >> first of all, senator, i do want to thank you for hosting me for breakfast, and we are taking steps to make sure that your famous breakfast order is enshrined in the menu, so thank you for that. >> the trifecta. >> right. i believe that is our policy. i think that is the just and right thing to do, and i believe that the united states will need and will want to work with other partners to ensure that that ability is possible. >> thank you. and, will the u.s. work with israel, with the defense forces, with the national police, to make sure that any armaments we provide, particularly, small arms and semi automatic or automatic machine guns are not transferred to settlers outside of the imp and idf? >> i do not know enough about those particular provisions. i know that we are working closely with the israelis to ensure that actions take

mr. warnock. the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, butler, cantwell, carper, casey, coons, gillibrand, heinrich, kaine, king, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, marquee, mendendez, merkley, murray, padilla, peters, rosen, schatz, smith, stabenow, whitehouse, wicker. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, cruz, lummis, paul, rubio, vance. mr. kennedy no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. warnock, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no.

merkley? sen. merkely: thank you very much. if we were ballpark estimate between the year 2000 and 2023 the increase in transnational repression actions within the united states how would you characterize that? mr. abramowitz: it is hard for me to give you -- what i can tell you is the facts. we have documented this since 2014. we have documented 850 cases. we will be out in january with an update to our report. i expect there to be many more cases. this is an old tactic. the murder of trotsky in mexico. what i would say is the conditions of the authoritarian countries is increasing. one of the top actors according to freedom house. we realize very few incidents get reported. those that do get reported can range from someone walking up to a chinese national in america and saying -- i've been pressing for the fbi to develop a much better system to publicity and trying to connect -- to collect information about these incidents. there is a trust factor that has to be established. you have any recommendations on how we can see more of the iceberg hidden from us about the extent of transnational suppression going on? >> i think codified definition of this so everyone knows what you are talking about

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, cardin, casey, coons, hickenlooper, kaine, klobuchar, murphy, shaheen, warnock, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, ernst, graham, hagerty, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, marshall, m{l1}c{l0}connell, moran, paul, risch, romney, rounds, schmitt, thune, tillis, and tuberville. mr. kaefd, no. -- mr. cassidy, no. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. murphy, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. daines, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. schumer, aye. the