mr. schmitt: thank you, mr. president.so ask unanimous consent that william wallace, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the congress. the presiding officer: also without objection. before we continue, let me announce that morning business is closed and that under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report.■b the clerk: nomination, amtrak board of directors, christopher koos of illinois to be a director. mr. schmitt: thank you, mr. president. i point out that the intern, william wallace, should not be confused with william was has from "braveheart." we're happy to have him. i rise today to speak about an issue. i've spoke about this on the floor but the issue came to a head again last week with another continuing resolution, another effort to sort of just kick this can down the road and our inability as a senate, unfortunately, to spend the time necessary to pass appropriations bills.

mr. schmitt, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr.gerty, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye.■o the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 49. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, environmental protection agency. joseph goffman of pennsylvania to be an assistant administrator. mr. ricketts: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. ricketts: thank you, madam president. i rise here today in support of our closest and longest standing ally in the middle east, israel. and also to prevent american taxpayer dollars from supporting terrorism. on october 7, hamas broke the cease-fire with an horrific and elbaradeiic astack -- and elbaradeiic astack on -- and barbaric attack on israel. hamas crossed

mr. schmitt: thank you, mr. president.pus, in the important role it plays in strategic deterrence on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. i stand here today at the desk of president harry s. truman. in 1946, president truman establishehe atomic energy commission. in 1949, kansas city was selected as the location to produce our nuclear arsenal. for 75 years, the kansas city national security campus has been the primary site within the nuclear security enterprise for procuring and producing -- say that a few times -- nonnuclear parts and components for nuclear weapons. as the united states continues to advanceo modernization programs, the kansas city national security campus plays an essential role in america's national security, helping to ensure the nuclear stockpile is safe, secure, and reliable. more than,000 hardworking missourians go to work, day in and day out, and the importance of their contribution to our country and its defenses cannot be understated. they mak 80%, 80% of the nonnuclear components for the weapons

mr. schmitt, aye. mr. fetterman, no. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. brown, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. murphy -- mr. van hollen, no. mr. reed, no. ms. cortez masto -- ms. klobuchar, no. mrs. shaheen, no. mr. murphy, no. ms. cortez masto, no. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the presiding offic

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 affir affirmative, it baldwin, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cortez-masto, cotton, daines, durbin, ernst, fischer, gillibrand, heinrich, klobuchar, lankford, murray, reed, rosen, rubio, tillis, warner and young. senators voting in the negative, paul and tuberville. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. white house, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, a

mr. schmitt: thank you, madam president. -- mr. ricketts: yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of me joining the united states senate. and i wanted to take the opportunity to join this body because i believe america's best days lie ahead of us and that we needn't look any further than states like mine to find the solutions to our nation's problems. i often say that nebraska is what america is supposed to be. when i was governor of the state of nebraska, we spent eight years delivering excellence and making government work for the people. we proved the government can work better and put taxpayers first. and we did it while respecting individual freedoms and limiting our spending, running government well, and keeping people safe. those were the things that i'm working on in the united states senate. this year my team and i got to work for the people of nebraska by fighting against the biden administration's overspending and overregulation. it is driving inflation and it's costing americans money. since joe biden has been sworn i

mr. schmitt, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no.#4 the clerk: mrs. britt, no.: mr. murphy, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr.hawley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.b christ. vote: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 51, the nays are 2, and the -- 42, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, kirk edward sherriff, to be district judge for the eastern judge for california. the presiding officer: the senate will resume consideration of the kolar nomination. the clerk: joshua paul kolar, of indiana, to be united states district judge for the ninth circuit the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to lvpg session. the presiding officer: the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 311. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. tho

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. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, boozman, butler brit, cortez masto, cotton cramer duckworth, durbin graham heinrich hyde-smith cain kennedy, king, lujan menendez, moran, ossoff, padilla peters reed rosen, rounds, schumer tillis van hollen warner warnock, warren whitehouse wicker and wyden. mr. mcconnell aye. ms. ernst, aye. mrs. gillibrand aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. lummis, aye. ms. sinema, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. hassan, aye. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, crapo, hagerty johnson, lee marshall, paul rubio, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville and vance. mr. coons, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, a

mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. mr. carper, no.uckwo. vote:# the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. durbin, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the cl kaine, no. mr. markey, no.■ the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. wicker, aye. mrs. murray, no. mr. sanders, no. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye.s mr. tillis, aye. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. mr. cramer, aye. ms. wa mr. van hollen, no. mr. romney, aye. ms. klobuchar, no. ms. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. young, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: merkley, no. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. brown, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. mr. booker, no. mr. cotton, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. warnock, no. ms cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. wy

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no.. king, aye.

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina.$1 mrs. shaheen. ms.k. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. vote: ■6 senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blackburn, braun, brown, cassidy, collins, duckworth, grassley, hassan, hyde-smith, kelly, merkley, murray, padilla, paul, reed, rounds, smith, tester, tuberville, welch. no senator voted in the negative. mr. peters, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. kennedy, no. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ■rux mr. kaine, aye. # mr. herty, aye. # ms. cortez masto, aye. ■ mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. 2vance, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. ti, aye. ■d ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. ■. mr. casey, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. johnson, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr.e. mr. wyden, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. budd, aye. mr. ms. lummis, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. cruz, no. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. wicker, aye. king, aye. mr. ossof

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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 -- butler, cardin, carper, duckworth, gillibrand, hyde-smith, johnson, kaine, king, murphy, peters, ricketts, rosen, shaheen, sinema, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- mullin, paul, tuberville. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. budd, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. warner, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mrs.

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. welch, aye.the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 83, the nays are 14, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. watch tv every sunday on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at booktv.org. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring pure unfiltered view of what's happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with life streams of floor proceedings and hearings from the u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, campaigns and more from the world of politics all at your fingertip

mr. schmitt, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr.lumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr.braun, aye. ,v the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ■z vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. y■lh the clerk: mr. cruz, no. ■t the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ■u>91 vote: @ ■6 mehalchick. the presiding officer: the yeas are 66, the nays are 25. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to recsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 477. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. ose opposed, no. the ayes appear to have

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. vote: the clerk: mr.nson, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 51, the nays are 47 and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, s. kato crews of colorado to be united states district judge for the district of colorado. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time on the crews nomination be considered expired at 2:30 p.m. today and that following disposition of the crews nomination, the senate proceed to legislative session to execute the order from december 19, 2023, with respect to the veto message on s.j. resolution 32. further, that all time on the veto message be considered expired and the senate vote on passage of the joint resolution. the objection to the president to the contrary notwithstanding. and finally, that upon disposition of the veto message, the senate resum

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina.haheen. ms. sinema. ms.h. 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 booker cardin, cornyn ms. cortez masto: graham johnson -- the clerk: lankford lee, ricketts scott of florida, shaheen, smith, thune. senators voting in the negative heinrich paul sanders, van hollen. mr. risch, aye. mr. marshall, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. cruz, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. butler, no. mr. markey, no. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. e clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. budd, aye. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. co

mr. schmitt: secretary mayorkas has failed to secure the border. every state is a border state.here is a humanitarian crisis at the border. there is a fentanyl crisis at the border. there's a national security crisis at the border all because secretary mayorkas has refused to enforce the law, refused to build a border wall. i'm joining my colleagues on the floor today to express the sense, the very sincere sense of the senate that secretary of homeland security mayorkas does not have the confidence of the senate and, more importantly, does not have the confidence of the american people to faithfully carry out his duties. i'm sure we've all heard the statistics, but i'll reiterate a few toil straight how horrible the situation is right now at our southern border. since joe biden took office, there's been over 7.5 million encounters nationwide and 6.2 million encounters at the southern border in addition to 1.7 million got-aways. to put that in perspective, it's hard to put those numbers in superbing alternative -- i'm a st. louis baseball cardinal fan -- that's 160 bush stadiums.

mr. schmitt: these 13ourians co towns across the state. all of these honorees represent service,sacrifice, and and make me proud to be a missourian. the first missourian i want to honor today is detective sergeant mason griffith who was tragically killed in the line of duty in march of 2023. sergeant griffith and offic bk adam sulontrov respooneded to a call at a local gas station. when the shootout occurred, sergeant give fifth was shot and sadly killed. he served his community with distinction and truly had a servant's■ heart. in addition to serving the herman police department for 12 years, he was the chief of police in his■& hometown of rosebud reserve deputy sheriff. sergeant griffith is described as one of e helpful people. his wife jennifer and son carson and friends are up in the senate gallery here today and it was my distinct pleasure toord honorin sergeant griffith to her and him earlier today. while this is merely a small token of mine and missourians' g gratitude for youtube husband's service and sack fibersing it is my hope t

schmitt as always, happy new year. so you were on a letter with a bunch of your colleagues to john barrasso. i talked to mr. so today. you are going to have a republican conference meeting tomorrow. what do you want to come up with, senator schmitt, on this illegal immigration disaster? >> well, there have been negotiations about what sort of language changes you know, could take place. i'm more skeptical probably than many of my republican colleagues, no matter what language change you have here you have an administration that is not interested in enforcing the law. they have the tools in place right now to secure our border. they don't want to do it. on day one they reversed all the things working under president trump, "remain in mexico," title 42. in fact when i was attorney general, when i was in that role we pushed back on court battles. we had to go back into court to enforce those judgments. it is not in their dna. this is open borders crowd. this is exactly what they want. for me i'm very kept of some sort of border deal which unlocks ukraine money which is what the democrats really want. larry: sen

larry: senator eric schmitt, the question, what might joe biden give up if you had a serious negotiation about fixing the border? i think that is part of your skepticism, mrgford is working on this and barrasso and a lot of smart guys what would biden give up? >> my concern he you know joe biden seeing the polls, may want to give lip service to the issue. high now -- he understands he lost american people on this, 75%, or higher believe we have a real crisis at the southern border. they tried to ignore it but all the while this is part of their game plan that white house is filled with sort of these ivy league grads who have written white papers on benefits' open borders they view themselves at gl global citizens not americans, if you understand their ethos you understand why we are at why we are at. the national championship game last night in stadium in houston, if you add up all illegals since joe biden came in office it would not be 10 or 50 of those stadiums or 100 it would be 117 of those stadiums packed with people who have come here illegally, they are not doing anything about it nothing will change. and i think we should take them at their word,