mr. risch, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr.aine, e. cleric. the presiding officer: the yeas are 46. the nays are 39. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. catherine henry of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the eastern district of pennsylvania. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. will report.g officer: the clerk e clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule of the standi rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a cse debate on the nomination ofxecutive calendar mber 779, catherine henry of nnsylvia to be unid states district judge for the eastern district of pennsylvania, signed by 17 senatorss follows -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? wiout objection. mr. schumer: i move t proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. is there a sufficient second? there appears to . the clerk will ca

mr. risch, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. rictts, no. mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: the mr. humer: mr. president. i move t proceed to execuve session to csider calendar the presiding officer: the qution is on the motion. a senato i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a suicient second? there appears to be. the clk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. the clerk: mrs. blackburn. vote: mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. the clerk: mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. msbutler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. rnyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. apo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. mr. durbin.th. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. the clerk: mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. . hass. mr. hawley. mr

mr. risch, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. reed, aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. d.c. with commercial republican leaders as well as biden at the white house for the first time ninety ohio. client for democrats. >> either. i'm glad you mentioned trump making a visit to the white house today. it's been on my mind a lot specifically in that realm what the democrats can do considering the fact that religions are looking like they are going to watch the trifecta. democrats need to look back to obama here's what mitch mcconnell was able to do in terms of utilizing minority powder to make things more difficult for republicans to get things done. >> independent. >> the problem with the palestinians or they ran to develop a nuclear warhead and technologies like jordan and egypt and surround egypt with the strike, maybe that would stop the killing and

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 -- lujan and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, graham, grassley, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, murkowski, paul, risch, and tillis. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. butler, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. kelly, aye. ms. stabenow, a

mr. risch, no. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the cler mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. tilly, no. -- mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: on this vote the yeas are 48, the nays are 39, and the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: can i have the tention of all the members? the presiding officer: order in the senate. mr. schumer: thank you. i'm asking unanimous consent th any remaining roll call votes this eveng be ten minutes each. the presiding officer: is th

the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. ms. rosen, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr.shall, aye. mr. young, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. ricketts, no. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. thune, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the ayes are 41, the nays are 26. the motion is agreed to. a quorum is present. a quorum is present. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of mustafa taher kasubhai of oregon to be the united states district judge for the district of oregon shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. the clerk: mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr.

to pick up the phone and say we have this problem, would you come and talk to me from the prior mr. risch and? -- from the prior administration. give the new team resources that they can call long after they are in power when issues arrive where the perspective of the prior team would be useful to them. sec. rice: i think there is a difference between if you are in the prior team believing that your advice is may be as important as what they already know. i always thought you have no idea what it takes for there is a role for formers of being able to say here are some of the things we faced and sometimes i will get calls even today from people in the state department saying the pakistani -- did you really say that? even more than that. i think this relationship, if it can be maintained between the outgoing administration and the incoming administration or the former administration and current administration is very important. i believe, maybe i'm wrong but in the national security area there's a little bit of understanding that is one of the obligations. i have generally had very good rel

mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr.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: the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, cramer, durbin, heinrich, kelly, lujan, manchin, murray, ossoff, peters, shaheen, tillis, warner, warnock, and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- grassley, hagerty, paul, scott of florida, sullivan, and tuberville. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. risch, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. king, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk:

mr. risch, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. graham, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. hirono, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. lee, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: 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, t

mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. ms. rosen. report best illustrating this market disaster. here is an example of what farm data from the report. it costs an average of $895 to produce 1 acre of cotton in 2024 however the average revenue generated from that same acre is $569. that is a $326 per acre shortfall loss between expenses and revenues. we all know that revenues must exceed expenses to make a profit losses like this can add up so quickly. if a farmer planted 3000 acres of cotton this year, that would result in a total net loss income loss of almost $1 million $978,000 is what the farmer would lose. obviously, nobody can exist under this. you just cannot recover from that. the types of scenarios we are playing out across the country from all major road blocks. these prices are hurting everyone we are hurting potato farmers, apple farmers, dairy farmers, catfish farmers, you name it. mississippian across the country reporting some of the best yields ever. that is what is so hard about this. they did everything right yet th

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. the senate work in nontraditional nominations today votes have also begun on a. series of foreign policy measures introduced by independent senator bernie sanders been these include resolutions to block arms shipments to israel and other disapproving of loan relief for ukraine. earlier today at vice president-elect jd vance was on capitol hill talking with lawmakers about the incoming president's choice for attorneyy general. former congressman matt gaetz, resigned shortly before the release of an ethics committee report. you are watching live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmativive -- heinrich, kain i appreciated emily going to take a couple of minutes. yesterday in the press report apparently i had a report what i said at lunch for the news the talking but a simple concept. i don't know i think the american people are onor board with me. we have toma show for work

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 or block u.s. humanitarian aid. according to the united nations, much of

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: ms. hirono. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, heinrich, hill my, merkley, reed, rosen, van hollen, welch, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, crapo, paul, scott of south carolina. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. wicker, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mrs. capito, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. lee, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr

mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr.chumer. 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 mining world that threatened hundreds of thousands of workers, includin

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. moran, no. 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 -- casey, king, lujan, sinema, stabenow, and tester. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, capito, collins, cornyn, cramer, cruz, fischer, hagerty, hawley, johnson, lankford, moran, murkowski, and tillis. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. [applause] >> thank you, thank you. all downhill from here. but in all seriousness, it's particularly get a beer assume has been a long time resident of this area, washington, d.c., northern virginia, it's so gratifying to see this extraordinary investment take life and it even more life to this community. some gingerly grateful just as a citizen of the commonwealth and someone also feels very

. -- biden at mr. rischdministration has decided to provide ukraine with more weapons and allow kyiv to strike targets inside russia using western provided weapons. these are u.k. provided storm shadows. deployed his new type of ballistic missile. it hit one of the targets in ukraine. we heard yesterday from president putin that he is ready to and looking at potential targets. decisions are being made. the importance of this new missile he deployed is very clear. this is a type of weapon that can actually have a nuclear payload. we already saw that last week the parliament was evacuated because there was a fear of this kind of attack. it is putting ukraine on the back foot at this point. romaine: with regard to the nuclear fear, not only a nuclear payload but the idea that if you use enough of these bombs, even without the nuclear payload the potential damage could have a similar effect as a nuclear attack. is that correct? piotr: exactly. that is the major concern. when we talk about this new weapon, this n

mr. risch, no. mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. young, no. mr. moran, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. sullivan, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. vance, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. capito, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. thune, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the motion georgia he had to. -- the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.