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, aye. the clerk: mr. butler, aye. -- ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the nomination is con

mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. lankford, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. vote: the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. braun, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye, mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 43, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid

mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina.heen. 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. schatz, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr.

mr. sanders, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no.he 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 senator tester mr. tester: madam president, i rise in support of the kennedy amendment, in support of second amendment r

mr. sanders, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. lankford, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. ferment, aye. mr. -- mr. fetterman, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the presiding officer:. the yeas are 67. the nays are 31. the nomination is confirme

mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. the clerk: 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: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, gillibrand, hickenlooper, kaine, lujan, menendez, murray, padilla, reed, rosen, schatz, smith, tester, warner, warren, welch, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman. cassidy, cotton, cramer, hawley, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, moran, mullin, murkowski, ricketts, romney, rubio, tuberville. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. lankford, no. ms. sinema, aye. ms. lummis, no. mr. carper, aye. ms. hirono, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr.

mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no.hleen holland vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. hide-smith, no. -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. this is a vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer,

mr. sanders, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: on this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 46. the nomination is confirmed. the presiding officer: 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 legislative session. the senator from ohio. mr. vance: thank you, mr. president. i call up my amendment and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report number. the clerk: mr. vance proposes amendment numbered 1210 to amendment number 1092. the presiding officer: there are two minutes equally divided on this amendment. mr. vance: thank you, mr. president. look, we are unfortunately in a world where covid will be with us for the rest of our lives. that is not

mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. cruz, aye. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. coast cardin, no. the clerk: the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. mr. heinrich, no. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. mr. casey, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. ms. duckworth, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mrs. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 47. the nays are 50. the joint resolution fails. i steered the obvious will know that the world is in turmoil that a strong america is good for the entire world. [applause] >> we are the beacon of freedom and we must preserve this grand experiment and self-governance. it still is. we are only 247 years into this grand experiment and we don't know how long it will last. but we do know the founders told us to take good care of it. i want to tell all my colleagues here what i told the republicans in that room las

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. blackburn, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. blumenth

mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. comer, no. -- mr. cramer, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, susan kim declercq of michigan to be united states district judge for the eastern district of michigan. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. a senator: mr. president, i rise today to answer a simple but a complex question. mr. coons: and in doing so, to acknowledge and to honor the work of one of the most dedicated, gracious, thoughtful, decent public servants i have ever known. my chief of staff jonathan. the question i am answering is who is this man, this jonathan staller and why was i so blessed to have the years i've enjoyed to serve alongside him and what has his impact been on my office, my state, this senate and me? after close to 18 years in the senate, five years with former senator bye of indiana and nearly 14 in my officer, jonathan is embarking on a new journey. he's headed to

mr. sanders, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr.ne, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. capito, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. daines, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the 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

mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. roll call vote. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 63, the nays are 26, and the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to for consideration executive calendar number 148, the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? w

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. daines, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. mr. manchin, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. moran, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no.

mr. sanders: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president, i listened carefully to what senator scott and others have said about the barberrist act committed by hamas against innocent men, women, and children. the mowing down by machine guns by young people who were doing nothing more than attending a dance, the murder of babies. this is a horrific, horrific act precipitating a worldwide crisis, and the united states of america, all of us condemn this act. and in my view, the state of israel has the absolute right to defend itself against hamas and terrorism in general. no debate on that. but what i ask my colleagues to also consider is that while we fully appreciate the horrific attack by hamas against innocent people of israel, i ask you also to understand that right now there are hundreds and hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children in gaza who have lost their homes. they've been thrown out of their homes. they have no food, they have no water, they have no fuel. and i will remind my colleagues th

mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the ayes are 93. the nays are zero, and the resolution is agreed to. under the previous order, the preamble be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the president pro tempore. the president pro tempore: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: and to get as many americans out, who wanted to get out and get out as possible. so we got the commitment as you israelis from the war cabinet and the prime minister. the second thing was that i wanted to make sure it was a vehicle mechanism that this could happen quickly. and so i've been on the phone for the last, we been on the ground for a while, that's why have to take -- >> about an hour. >> i don't think was was that long. both my team here a

mr. sanders, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. brown, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: ms

mr. levin writes of a devi devil's bargain between president biden and bernie sanders, as a follow-up, to american marxism, "the democrat party hates america" is a truth-telling book of the first order. right now in courtrooms across america, joe biden employing every statist weapon possible to destroy donald trump and his presidential prospects, trump is afternoon enemy to democratic matter socialism, and at this moment, a left wing judge in new york and state attorney general are trying to strip trump of all of his, business assets and his home. trump is biden's worst enemy. so biden wants to 3 him in ja3 -- throw him in jail for about 750 years, we'll see. as a free enterpriser myself, someone who believes in individual rights, i am reminded of the late william f buckley jr., who had a much better idea regarding joe biden and his bidenomic old socialist friends. lotus stand athwart history yelling stop at a time when no one is inclined to do so, that is my riff. we'll get a report on the house floor, but first. joining me now my old friend mark levin the great one host of "life, libert

mr. levin writes of a devil's bargain between joe biden and socialist bernie sanders on things like climatehange, criminal justice, education, the economy, health care and open borders immigration. as a follow up to his magnificent book, quote "american marxism"." the democrat party hates america is a tooth telling book of the first order. right now in courtrooms across america joe biden employing every statist weapon possible to detroit donald trump and his presidential prospects. trump is the archenemy to democratic party socialism, be it economic or cultural and at this moment a left-wing judge in new york and a state attorney general are trying to strip trump of all his business assets and his home, relying on incredibly fraudulent methodologies. trump is biden's worst enemy. so biden wants to throw him in jail for about 750 years. well we'll see about all of that. meanwhile as a free enterpriser myself, somebody who believes in individual rights i am reminded of the late william f. buckley, jr., who had a much better idea regarding joe biden and his. "bidenomics" and his socialist frie

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. >> do you have to be italian to be from wyoming? [laughter] >> in a bipartisan way . the stage is yours. turn the microphone on, please. >> chairman sanders, ranking member cassidy and members of the committee, thank you for considering my nomination to be the director of the national institutes of health. it's an honor to appear before you today to share my vision for the nih. i want to thank president biden for trusting me with this nomination and a senator barrasso for the very kind introduction. i also want to thank my husband and my two children for their unwavering support and unqualified love. i grew up on a ranch in southwestern wyoming. my early inspiration with my uncle he was a primary care physician whose practice included a traveling across the entire state. it's a big state to provide expert care to veterans. and it was his devotion that inspired me to pursue medicine. like millions of americans, when my father had cancer, the care he needed was hundreds of miles away. so i've seen firsthand what it means to deliver to those living in the rural communities. i spent my entire professional life working to improve cancer preven

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 clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan,