mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mrs. smith, aye. -- ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. parties, aye. -- mr. peters, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. cortez masto, ay

mr. romney, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. braun, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mrs. capito, aye. ms. sinema, no. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. tubber virginia, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. kelly, no. vote: the clerk: mr. wyden, no. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. casey, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. vote: the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, no. vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 45, the nays a 50. the amendment is not agreed to. ms. ernst: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. ms. ernst: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to six minutes on my amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. ms.

mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, bennet, cantwell. carper, cornyn, fetterman, graham, king, menendez, merkley, padilla, peters, reed, rounds, welch, wyden. mr. budd, aye. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, britt, daines, johnson, marshall, ricketts, schmitt, scott of florida. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. risch, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. schumer, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. s

mr. romney, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. ms. lummis, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. reed, no. mr. murphy, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. ms. cantwell, no. mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59. the nays are 38. the amend is agreed to. the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that at 2:15 p.m., the senate vote on rubio 1237 and kennedy 1354 amendments and that at 5:45 the senate vote on laferred 1232 with all previous provisions -- previous provisions rema

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

mr. romney, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. -- mr. graham, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. reed, no. ms. sinema, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. sanders, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. tester, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. sullivan, n

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. the clerk: 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, barrasso, britt, brown, cantwell, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cortez masto, cramer, daines, durbin, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, king, klobuchar, lankford, mcconnell, moran, murray, ossoff, risch, rounds, rubio, schatz, schumer, shaheen, sinema, tillis, tuberville, young. senators voting in the negative -- braun, paul. mr. padilla, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. wowz -- mr. whitehouse yieks mr. grassley yieks ms. warner, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. hir hirono, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mrs

mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr.tt 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 -- cardin is gillibrand, hassan is kaine, lujan, markey, murray, padilla, reed, rosen, sinema. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, braun, cassidy, hagerty, lummis, paul, romney, it unerville. -- tuberville. vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. ossoff, aye.

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 -- brown. cardin. collins. crapo. graham. kelly. king. merkley. murkowski. murphy. risch. stabenow and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative, cassidy, cotton, daines, hyde-smith mullin schmitt scott of florida and tuberville. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. markey, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. marshall, no.

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 -- kaine, lujan and sinema. sinema is voting -- senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, cramer, grassley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, moran, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubio, sullivan, tuberville, and fischer. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. tbhent -- mr. bennet, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. c

mr. romney, mr. ty. >> it's a stance that would have been familiar to his father george romney, one-time governor of michigan. in 1964, when republicans nominated far-right senator barry goldwater for president -- >> extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. >> george romney took a stand against his own party. >> the strongest person on earth cannot deal with the problems of this nation except upon the basis of correct principles. >> what did you learn from your dad? >> my dad is my life hero as a republican governor, he refused to endorse the nominee of his party barry goldwater for president because he thought he was weak on civil rights and extremism. so, that's the person who i try and model myself after, and i'm not quite there. >> his influence is in every part of our life. and we just still adore him, miss him. >> family remains at the center of the romney's life. they have 25 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. the senator says his wife is his closest adviser, and as we discovered

mr. romney. mr. ilty. >> reporter: it's a stance that would have been familiar to his father george romney, one-time governor of michigan. in 1964 when republicans nominated far right senator barry goldwater for president -- >> extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. >> reporter: -- george romney took a stand against his own party. >> the strongest personality on earth cannot deal with the problems of this nation except upon the basis of correct principles. >> what did you learn from your dad? >> my dad is my life hero. as a republican governor, he refused to endorse the nominee of his party, barry goldwater for president, because he thought he was weak on civil rights and extremism. that's the person i try to model myself after. i'm not quite there. >> his influence is in every part of our life and we still adore him, miss him. >> reporter: family remains at the center of the romney's life. they have 25 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. the senator says his wife is his closest advise

mr. romney, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 40, and the motion is agreed to. ms. smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the 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. ms. smith: mr. president, i understand that there is a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 3168, a bill making emergency summental appropriations for assistance -- supplemental assistance

mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, duckworth, graham, heinrich, murkowski, peters. senators voting in the negative -- britt, budd, cornyn, cramer, hoeven, kennedy, lummis, marshall, paul, remove any rounds scott of florida, sullivan, tillis and tuberville. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. hassan, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. thune, no. ms. capito, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. murphy, aye.

mr. romney. how do you reckon these two mitt romneys?al, the one who is venting sharply to you behind closed doors or the one who is not saying those same things in public yet? mckay: well, a lot of the venting that he did for -- with me and that i recall in the book was stuff that he had said over the course of years. so, he gave me his private journals that recounted some of the stories of his interactions with people like mitch mcconnell, ted cruz, josh hawley. and it's funny, he later told me that he hadn't reread those journals before he gave them to me. so i put them in there to demonstrate his growing alarm with the leadership of his party over years. but, i mean, look, the reality is he has been very critical of the leadership of his party. he's enormously disappointed in some of his colleagues and how they, behind closed doors, will say that donald trump is a menace, that he's a buffoon, and then, in public, will perform their loyalty to him. and i think he deserves some credit for saying it out loud, the things that most of his

new book about the life and political career of mitt romney. mr. coppins gained extraornary access to romney's private journals, texts and emails and was granted hours of intviews with romney over two years. janet hook writes many readers will come for the juicy scoops and score settling, but the book also tries to do something more important. copps raises probing questions about how much republicans like romney were complicit in the rise of donald trump. now, that book comes just weeks after senator romney announced that he won't seek reelection in 2024. now, the books we just talked about in reviews and new releases, you can watch for them in the near future. on booktv. well, coming up, it's our weekly afterwords program. this week, martin baron talks about his leadership at the washington post under the ownership of jeff bezos and during the presidency of donald trump, he was interviewed by npr's david folkenflik. here's a preview. what i wrote about was my own personal experience with him. what i personally observed at the washington post is his

mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, capito, cassidy, ernst, kennedy, rounds, sinema, and sullivan. senators vetting -- voting in the negative -- baldwin, blumenthal, casey, coons, duckworth, gillibrand, hassan, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, ossoff, schumer, stabenow, warner, and whitehouse. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. warren, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. booker, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. bennet, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. w

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. the clerk: 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 -- cantwell, cardin, carper, coons, duckworth, gillibrand, hickenlooper, hirono, king, murphy, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, romney, shaheen, sinema, tester, vance, welch, wyden, young. senators voting in the negative -- cotton, johnson, marshall, mullin, tuberville. mr. crapo, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. thune, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida,

mr. chairman. >> ;-) center romney. senator kaine? >> thank you mr. chair mr. nathan i joined the sender romney and saying the country is fortunate to have you in this position at this time. my colleagues have asked a number of good questions i really was a focus on latin america. to a limit sip issues and not just latin america -based fusing latin america as an example. you are a reference and think senator cardin did in his opening comments and the fact that you are limited and where you must prioritize investments by the world bank classification of countries by income. you should prioritize lower middle income countries and you need a waiver to invest elsewhere. there's only five countries in latin america that meet the world bank category. and they are bolivia, el salvador, haiti, honduras, nicaragua are the only five that stay within the world bank classifications. now by waiver the dfc is involved in other countries peru, brazil, ecuador, dominican republic, guatemala, columbia, mexico. but you have to get a waiver to do that. russia is not worried about

mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, brown, cardin, carper, casey, collins, crapo, duckworth, graham, grassley, hassan, king, kane, markey, menendez, peters, reed, ricketts, romney, sinema, smith, tester, warner, welch. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, cassidy, cotton, hyde-smith, johnson, lankford, marshall, vance. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. sanders, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. hirono, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk:

mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, braun, britt, brown, budd, capito, carper, casey, cassidy, cornyn, cortez-masto, cotton, crapo, daines, duckworth, fetterman, fischer, gillibrand, grassley, hagerty, hassan, hawley, heinrich, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kaine, kennedy, king, klobuchar, lankford, lee, lummis, manchin, marshall, mcconnell, menendez, murkowski, murray, paul, peters, ricketts, romney, rosen, rounds, rubio, schatz, schmitt, schumer, scott of florida, sinema, smith, tester, tillis, tuberville, warner, whitehouse, wicker, wyden, and young. no senator voted in the negative. mr. padilla, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr.

romney: thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you to members of this panel for being here. i have met at least one of you before, but others of you, i have followed by virtue of your expertise, and appreciate your willingness to testify here today and provide your perspective and experience. i apologize in advance for having to leave at 3:20. i have another engagement that i unfortunately will have to run to attend. but i am deeply interested in this topic. i would underscore the significance of the 70 years as an anniversary of the korean war. dear friends of mine served in that war, in that conflict. and my heart is moved by the sacrifice made by many of the people of your nation -- excuse me, of the south korean nation as well as our nation, who have served together to provide for the security that now exists in south korea. i recognize, and we all do, that the korean war was at the outset of the cold war, and in some respects we are facing another cold war today. not with the former soviet union so much as with an assertive china. at the outset of those things, our circ

mr. chairman and ranking member romney and eedistinguished members of the subcommittee. it is an honor to be here today and be t able to appear before u and i am truly grateful for the committee's interest in this issue but also this incredible opportunity to be part of the discussion. the summit in putin and kim and what seems to be the level of cooperation forming between the two comes as no surprise deepening the alignment between china, russia and north korea has been taking form and especially between russia and north korea since the invasion of ukraine. however since the failure to reach an agreement in 2019 to keep u.s. and north korea alive, we've essentially been sidelined. overtures have been made and to try to revive those negotiations and repeat the conversations of the past despite as we talked about the shift in the geopolitical situation that work in their favor now. certainly that hasn't worked. and instead they spent the last two years even while in pandemic isolation building up its programs in ways that challenge the u.s. and allied forces in our own t

mr. chairman and ranking member romney and distinguished members of the subcommittee. it is really a great honor to be here today and appear before he. i am truly grateful for the committee's interest in this issue but also the incredible opportunity to be part of this discussion. the recent summit between putin and kim and what seems to be a new level of military cooperation forming between the two comes as no surprise. deepening alignment between china russia north korea has been taking form for the past few years. especially between russia north korea since russia's invasion of ukraine. however, since a failure to reach an agreement in 2019 to keep u.s., north korea alive we have essentially been sidelined. made to the north koreans to try and revive those negotiations and essentially repeat the conversations of the past. despite as we have all talked about the drastic shift in the geopolitical situation at work in north korea's favor now. certainly, that has not worked. north korea has spent the last few years while in pandemic isolation building up the program in

senator romney, thank you, mr chairman. sen. romney: um, i, along with a handful of other senators were in israel over the weekend and had the chance to meet with leadership there, former leadership of the country as well as with military leaders and with families of hostages. and i know that your confirmation can be done by one party alone and you're likely to be confirmed on that basis. but that being said, there are a few things i'd like to pass along to you assuming that you do become ambassador. one is that our chief of mission is a highly respected individual, respected by the israeli leadership and is working in the interest of the united states and is someone who we respect enormously as well, meeting with the families of hostages, their stories and the experiences are heartbreaking, the outrage, the brutality, the inhumanity of hamas in the way they took children and others and grabbed them and took them across the border is hard to comprehend, um, and, and we need to do everything within our power to release, secure the

romney? thank you,in mr. chairman.along with a handful of other senators were in israel over the weekend and had the chance to meet with leadership there. for the leadership of the country as well as with military leaders. and with families of hostages. i know your confirmation can be done by one party alone and you're likely to be confirmed on that basis. with that being said there's a few things i like to pass along to you assuming you do become ambassador one is our chief admission is highly respected and is working in the interest of united states we respect as well.. meeting with families of hostages their stories and experiences are heartbreaking. the outrage, the brutality the inhumanity in the way they took children and others grabbed them and took them across the border is hard to comprehend. and we need to do everything within our power to secure the release of his hostages. i would also note one of the generals the leading general of the israeli defense forces said something that's very powerful. he said isr

mr. cohen in terms of snippets being taken from a romney speech or snippets from a trump speech and thenaracterized, that, to me, falls along the line of defensible permissible political speech that falls into the arena where we argue with each other over whether it was right or wrong because in his example, those people actually said that the it was their words. they are interpreting them or misinterpreting them, but they said it. that is where you draw the line. you are creating word they did not say. the technology we've heard about where my testimony today because i've been talking enough can be put into a computer and my voice pattern can be used and it can create an entirely different thing where i sat here and said this is ridiculous you should not be holding this hearing and you cannot regulate any of this. >> is there any problem banning that? why would that be legitimate and any campaign? >> so, rearranging someone's speech to say something truthful even if it is a misrepresentation, i don't think you could man that. if i had your recording of this speech. >> we are talking abo

mr. reuben, thank you for being here. i can't think of anything more growths than a political percentage, like ronna romney mcdaniel, saying civilians and that left a lot of people dead, hundreds, and hundreds of people also dead in gaza, and the bombardment of gaza, and the hostage situation is a great opportunity. i don't know, have you ever heard anything like that before. i would just like to give you an opportunity to respond. >> yeah, joy. you know, this kind of ambulance chasing for political power is grotesque. one has to ask why do they hate joe biden more than they love israel, for example? why is it that they can't come together in a bipartisan basis, and support our commander-in-chief when our closest allies in the middle east needs our help? you know, this is not the way it has always been. and i know you know the history. but back after 9/11, democrats came together and supported george w. bush. he had won a controversial election. why? for the good of the nation. john mccain supported president obama, then candidate obama, during 2008. they walked together when there was the financial crisis. so, this versio

romney, and the reagan republican party. i believe that the republican party needs a strong conservative party. i do not believe that mr.g republican. but in this next election cycle, in my opinion, it's the make-or-break moment for the republican party. now is the time, if these politicians, these men and some women that are currently in congress want to make the break and want to take the stand, they have to do it now. we can't wait any longer for them to do it. i don't know why they're so willing to support him. i think it's extremely disappointing, and it is not a hard issue to take. we're talking about a man who, at the very efforts of his, being almost destroyed democracy in one day. and he wants to do it again. he wants to run for president to do it again. he's been indicted four times since january 6th. i would not have a clear conscience and be able to sleep at night if i were a republican in congress thought supported donald trump. and i think if they're not willing to split with that, then there is a serious danger for the party. >> i want to talk with you about those indictments. i know you've spoken to fede

mr. sarcastic on his way home from a war zone. [ cheers and applause ] he's even wearing his sassy zipup. [ laughter ] speaking of sassy, we got some more hot goss from mitt romney'spcoming book, "don't pee on my dockers and tell me it's raining." [ laughter ] first, romney claimed oprah wanted him to be her running mate in 2020. in a new excerpt, romney talks about trying to form a "unity" ticket with ted cruz in 2016. a "unity" ticket? the only thing americans agree on as a unit is that ted cruz sucks. [ laughter ] that's some unity. and look, i have a lot of respect for mitt romney. but trying to fight donald trump by teaming up with ted cruz? that's like trying to fight chlamydia by teaming up with aids. [ laughter ] it's not really a -- what a combination. mitt romney and ted cruz. you've got one guy with the personality of a blowup doll and another who's definitely having sex with them all the time. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] there's a lot of interestingly stuff in this book. romney says when they were dating, britney spears cheated on him with another senator. did you know? oh, wait, i may be confusing my books, i don't know. [ laughter ] donald t

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator van holland. you can tell there's great deal of interest in the subject and we welcome your thoughts as we move to reauthorization process. i want to make observation to senator romney's question of good governance and anticorruption and several times you mentioned your reliance upon and one of the challenges that we have, legislation with senator young and i have gotten to committee in national defense authorization act but to build our capacity, our missions to be able to evaluate good governing issues. we find as you're going through the strategic aspects of your that the mission may well be focused on how to help ukraine and deal with supply chain issue or how to deal with military issue and the capacity in regards to anticorruption doesn't always go front and center. i would be curious as to how you make evaluations if you don't have the capacity within the mission to advice you and give you the up to date information about the corruption issues of the country that you're dealing with. we are trying to build that capacity within our embassies and we hope that that legislation will be successful in the national events authorization act. i'm going to have a few que

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, bennet, britt, budd, butler, cantwell, capito, carper, casey, cassidy, cortez masto, cotton, daines, duckworth, enters, heinrich, hickenlooper, johnson, lee, lujan, markey, marshall, mcconnell, menendez, mullin, murray, paul, ricketts, rosen, schatz, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, thune, tillis, tuberville, van hollen, vance, warner, warnock, warren, whitehouse,ern wicker. -- and wicker. nor senator voted in the affirm r -- voted in the negative. mr. peters eye. mr. risch eye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. hawley, aye. the c