mr. schmitt: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the scheduled roll call vote take place immediately. the presiding officer: is there objection? under the previous order, the joint resolution is considered read a third time, the yeas and nays are previously ordered and the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr.

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. 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 -- cantwell, hassan, hickenlooper, kelly, sinema. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, cassidy, collins, daines, ernst, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, marshall, scott of florida. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. cleric climate change mr. braun, no. -- the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. kaine, aye

mr. schmitt, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. mr. moran, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. young, aye. vote: # the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. # mr. murphy, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. ms. klobuchar, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 60, the nays are 38, the resolution is adopted. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session do consider the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, camela c. theeler, of south dakota, to be united states district judge for the district of south dakota. the presiding officer: there will be two minutes of debate equally divided. mr. thune: i ris

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, buicker, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, collins, cortez masto, crapo, daines, durbin, hine -- heinrich, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, lummis, markey, marshall, mcconnell, merkley, murphy, ossoff, padilla, paul, peters, risch, rosen, rounds, schatz, schumer, smith, stabenow, tillis, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, wyden, and young. mr. coons, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, brit, cornyn, cotton, cruz, earns, grassley, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, paul, rubio, and thune. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye

mr. schmitt. the clerk: 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 -- booker, capito, cardin, cramer, crapo, duckworth, durbin, hickenlooper, klobuchar, lankford, lummis, marshall, murray, schatz, schumer, sinema. mr. coons, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, braun, fischer, hyde-smith, johnson, rounds, schmitt, tuberville, vance. mr. murphy, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. romne

mr. schmitt, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. cramer, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. marshall, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. lummis, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the

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, blumenthal, brown, coons, cortez-masto, durbin, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, king, merkley, murphy, peters, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, smith, tester, warner, warnock, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. senators voting in the negative, barrasso, blackburn, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cramer, crapo, daines, fischer, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, padilla, romney, rubio, sanders, schmitt, scott of florida, sinema, sullivan, tillis, wicker and young. mr. markey, no. . mr. cotton, no. mr. vance, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. braun, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. th

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. lee, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. 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 will resume legislative session and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 3935 which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 211, h.r. 3935, an act to amend title 49 united states code, and so forth

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 49, the nays are 40. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the leadership time is rese

mr. schmitt, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. vote: an creepy loud our goal is to have an environment that allows technologies including ai to germinate, to bloom and to flourish. and so we think that is the major road to widespread human prosperity. we are excited to tackle the bigger problems that we think are in the united states right now. click so much so that make you a director policy specifically to that. that reflects the concern they have. >> ai has huge potential to create widespread human abundance. this new set of tools new and i have talked about in the past. but this new set of degenerative ai creates a whole new set of tools that empowers individuals to create new and powerful types of communication with each other. we think it's one of the big tools. as ai continues to be used throughout the economy we think is going to create a lot of opportunities for economic growth and personal

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. casey, aye. ms. collins, aye.he clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. young, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52. the nays are 40. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the presiden

mr. schmitt, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 89. the nays are 10. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: madam president, i rise to talk about the faa reauthorization bill that's pending before the senate now. i want to begin by thanking the chair of commerce, senator cantwell and ranking member senator cruz for doing something very important. it is critical that this faa reauthorization bill happen. and as i look at the bill, i see many provisions that i strongly support, and i applaud the committee for their work. in particular, the committee has addressed the critical shortage in air traffic control that is incredibly important to the safety of our skies. and second, the committee dealt with a challenging issue surrounding pilot training hou

mr. schmitt, no. mr. lee, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. barasso, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. kaine, no. choip m -- the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. corn

mr. schmitt, thank you, as always. maybe you heard pa part of that a riff. just want to get your take. i think wildwood was a historic event only beaten by fdr almost a hundred years ago, and i think it shows enormous strength from trump. and the polling corroborates that. and and i think the democrats are on the run, they're scared and they're freaked out. now, you've been around for quite some time, sir. what do you think about this story? >> well, first of all, larry, it's worth pointing out i think you're right. nobody, nobody in modern political history draws the crowds at these rallies like president trump does. and i think the it represents pent-up demand even in a place like new jersey, right? the frustration that people see with the biden agenda. and as they compare it now to what they experienced, more prosperity and, you know, a closed border, energy dominance under president trump. so all that stuff's coming in full view, and i think there's a danger sometimes with polling in that it gives you sort of a snapshot in time. what you really want to l

mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. , no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. risch, no. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 12, the nays are 85, and the motion is not agreed to. mr. kaine: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from virginia. mr. kaine: might i inchoir if -- inquire if we're in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. kaine: madam president, i rise today certain that some of the desk staff interest memorized the speech i'm about to give, because it's the third time i will have given it in the last few weeks, on a topic really important to virginia, the faa reauthorization bill that's now pending before the body. i want to thank chairwoman cantwell, ranking member cruz, and members of the commerce comm committee, b

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, coons, cramer, lujan, reed, smith, are tester and warnock. senators voting in the negative, budd, schmitt, and sullivan. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. graham, no. mr. wicker, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. daines, no. mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. tuberville, no.

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 -- bennet, butler, cantwell, cortez masto, cramer, cruz, daines, fischer, grassley, hawley, lankford, markey, ricketts, risch, schmitt, schumer, scott of south carolina, sullivan, tester, thune. senators voting in the negative -- cardin, kaine. mr. kelly, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: m

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blackburn, boozman, braun, britt, cantwell, capito, casey, cornyn, cortez masto, crapo, cruz, daines, durbin, ernst, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hassan, heinrich, hoeven, hyde-smith, king, lankford, markey, mcconnell, moran, mullin, murray, ossoff, paul, peters, risch, romney, rosen, rubio, schmitt, scott of florida, sinema, smith, stabenow, tillis, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, kaine, kennedy. ms. purr c -- ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. cardin, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. young, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, a

mr. ryan: eric schmitt has defined as three pieces for certain media outlets, successfully get revenue, theyd viewers or cliques, and to do that they need outrage. back to disagree better, you have rolled this out the last few months. can you talk about the areas you have seen the greatest success, then maybe about the areas where there is still a need for more impact, and maybe even how it can be scaled further? gov. cox: the area of greatest impact has been, i think, a little surprising to all of us. again, in this hyper polarized world i thought i might get left out of the room when i even brought up this concept to my fellow governors. it was the exact opposite. i first presented it to the republican governor, since that is how they choose. national governors association, one of the last bastions of true bipartisan work, republicans and democrats working together, we alternate chair and vice chair every year. so the democrat from colorado is my vice chair. but the republicans choose their chair and the democrats choose their chair. so i presented it to my republican colleagues and was pl

schmitt . >> thank you, mr. chairman. general, i wanted to ask about the increase, and i some accounts a tenfold increase, by the number of chinese nationals that have come across the southern border. it is 50 times. there are a lot of chinese nationals coming across in the last year and, you know, flying in and out of china is not like getting out of dca back home to st. louis. it is a much different ordeal and i guess i want to ask, you know, in 60 minutes' report about some content being pushed through social media channels about vulnerabilities at the border, i'm certainly concerned about espionage operations. what information do we have about who these people are? what activities are taking place when they cross our southern border? it's just, it seems like this is happening now at a rate that just doesn't feel natural to the extent anything happening at the southern border make sense, but certainly the number of chinese nationals coming across is a great concern to me and i'm wondering if you could speak to that. >>