mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: on this vote the yeas are 46, the nays are 40 and the motion is aged to. the clerk will report the nomination. mr. schumer: iend -- the clerk: the judiciary, sooknanan of the dtrict of columbia to be united states district judge for the district columbia. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rul22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 601, sparkle l. sooknanan of the district of columbia to be united states district judge for the district of columbia, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session -- did we file cloture? i move t proceed to legislative session. t

mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cornyn, no. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. p young, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 46, nays are 38. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. gail a. weilheimer of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the eastern mr. schumer: i send cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clk: 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 790, gail a. weilheimer of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the eastern district of pennsylvania signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names -- i

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, bennet, blumenthal, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, hassan, kelly, lujan, manchin, padilla, peters, rosen, shaheen, smith, tester, whitehouse, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, ernst, hagerty, hyde-smith, marshall, mcconnell, paul, risch, and scott of south carolina. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. schatz

mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south the clerk: mr. scott of south directly stem from russia's choice and decision to invade its sovereignty. >> given the joint u.s. nato escalation with you can against can thrash and with china and north korea joining russia to form an alliance against the west, would not use a world war iii has begun? >> i i would not say that. that is not a characterization that this building assesses. and you seen as take measures to de-escalate tensions and -- i'm sorry, , i'm speaking broadly around the world. but when it comes to ukraine, the commitment of this administration from the very beginning of this one was to help ukraine take back its sovereign territory. i decision i and of the country to invade its sovereign neighbor cannot go unchecked and that's why you think that just the united states but 50 or so countries all around the world come together and support ukraine. this is a global effort to support ukraine but i butt characterize it as that. >> the iraqi prime minister speaking a short while ago an

mr. ossoff, aye. ms. lummis, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. hassan, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. mullin, no. mrbudd, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr.blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the presiding officer: is there appears to be. the clerwill call the roll. vote: a the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs.lackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. . boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. rper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. ms. rtez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mrcruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. duin. ms. ernst. mr. fettman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. h

mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms.en. 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. the clerk: mr. young. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: a quorum is not present. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move that the -- the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move that the sergeant at arms request the presence of absent senators and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr

mr. ossoff, aye. mr. hagerty, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr.: mr. helmy 6 the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. scott of florida, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: officer the yeas are 50, the nays are 46ment the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered m

mr. ossoff: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. ossoff: madam president, i rise not in response to the senator from utah or to address the matter being raised by senator paul, but to address the resolutions that were debated previously with respect to u.s. policy in the middle east. mr. president, in 1982, as israeli forces pursued the plo deep into lebanon, president reagan was angered by what he viewed as excessive civilian casualties resulting from the israeli bombardment of beirut. concerned by the suffering of innocent civilians and its impact on american diplomacy, not only did president reagan personally call israeli prime minister begin and demand a halt to the bombing and the bombing reportedly stopped within hours, but the american president then blocked the provision of cluster munitions to israel out of concern that their use by the idf was killing too many innocent people. president reagan imposed conditions on the provision of u.s. arms, using leverage to influence the conduct of an ally. he took those steps to protect

mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. >> good morning. this committee will come to order. today we are holding a hearing to discuss the urgent federal funding needs for communities harmed by the recent natural disasters. before we get started doing to acknowledge briefly this is the first hearing we've had since the election. it is clear some things will look different. one thing will not change and that is my commitment to working with senator collins to keep doing the important work of this committee and a bipartisan manner despite any distractions thrown our way heard this too much at stake for families back home for any of us to throw up our hands. we stillth have to wrap up our y 25 bill so i remain committed to working together to complete that process as quickly as possible in a manner consistent with the bipartisan bills we've all put so much effort into. back to the subject at hand we will have two panels of witnesses to the first senators ossoff and tillis will speak about the challenges their states are facing. then we will hear from top federal officials at the

mr. ossoff, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: will -- mr. hagerty, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered madeland upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call with respect to the ali nomination, cloture motion, be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 539, amir h. ali of the district of columbia to beious district judge for the district of columbia. the pres

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mr. ossoff, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. sande

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. i thank you all for being here and i'm delighted to be accompanied by senators merkley welsch and then colin. we are here this morning to discuss the three joint resolutions or jay argues that the senate will be voting on tomorrow. they are as j. rezwan 11, to block 120-millimeter tank rounds as j. reyes 115 to block high explosivebe mortar rounds as j.o block guidance kits attached to many of the bombs dropped in gaza. the truth of the matter is that from a legal perspective these resolutions are not complicated. they are cut and dried. the united states government is currently in violation of the war and every member of the u.s. senate who believes in the rule of law should vote for these resolutions. the foreign assistance act and the arms export control act are very clear the united states cannot provide weaponry for countries that violate internationally recognized human right o

mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms.osen. 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. two an unelected bureaucracy has thrown this balance offkilter. earlier this year of course the article iii branch quite clearly restored the boundaries on freelance regulatory interpretation in the executive branch. but there's more work to be done to rein in washington bureaucrats expensive interpretation of the powers of workingdi americans. and fortunately congress has a powerful tool called the congressional review act that does exactly that. two great affection republicans used the cra to scrap a slew of bureaucratic rules after eight years of runaway regulation under the obama administration. republicans worked to end a coal

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator booker. as you all may have noted, senator ossoff had to depart.he is assuredly to return, but he needed to go vote before they closed the vote. and i must say, i am honored to be surrounded by my democratic colleagues who all are trying to go and perform all of the duties that are expected of us most of the time simultaneously, but how honored i am to be surrounded by these men who are taking the care to highlight the issues that the rest of society, women, go through each and every day. thank you all for being here, for being willing to share your painful and i would assume unbearable stories and leadership with the committee. i share senator booker's notion about having gone inside, but many jails and prisons up and down the state of california, men, women, juvenile and everything in between. and to know that we utilize taxpayer dollars to perpetuate this kind of hell is a shameful stain on our government and, you know, you have my commitment to continue to be a supportive advocate to end this. i have a 9-year-old daughter at that i come to this

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator booker. as you all may have noted, senator ossoff had to depart. is assuredly to return, but he needed to go vote before they closed the vote. and i must say, i am honored to be surrounded by my democratic colleagues who all are trying to go and perform all of the duties that are expected of us most of the time simultaneously, but how honored i am to be surrounded by these men who are taking the care to highlight the issues that the rest of society, women, go through each and every day. thank you all for being here, for being willing to share your painful and i would assume unbearable stories and leadership with the committee. i share senator booker's notion about having gone inside, but many jails and prisons up and down the state of california, men, women, juvenile and everything in between. and to know that we utilize taxpayer dollars to perpetuate this kind of hell is a shameful stain on our government and, you know, you have my commitment to continue to be a supportive advocate to end this. i have a 9-year-old daughter at that i come to this c

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 -- durbin, hickenlooper, manchin, and schatz. no senator voted in the negative. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. mr. padilla: aye. the clerk: mr., aye. -- mr. padilla, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk